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Referring to when a company in China copies the business model of a successful foreign company

Copy to China (C2C or C to C) refers to when a company in China copies the business model of a successful foreign company, especially web and other IT companies. Such companies have often been very successful, out-competing the foreign company on the Chinese market. The degree of copying varies, from simply offering a directly competing service to closely mimicking the look and feel and name as pronounced in Chinese. It is a common topic of discussion how the Chinese IT industry can move beyond simple copying and localization into more innovation.

List of C2C companies

These companies are famous examples of the Copy to China model. Many of them have evolved to more than a simple clone.

Chinese company Similar to Notes
Renren, Kaixin001 Facebook
Youku, Tudou YouTube
Baidu Baike, Hudong Misplaced Pages Misplaced Pages is non-profit, but Baidu Baike and Hudong are commercial, and there is a dispute over copyrights between Baidu Baike and Misplaced Pages.
Baidu Space MySpace
Fanfou, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo Twitter
Diandian Tumblr
Zhihu Quora
Acfun, Bilibili Niconico
Jianshu, 15yan Medium "Pixel level copy". Its creator is also a popular science site in China.
SegmentFault StackOverflow
Meituan Groupon, Yelp, TripAdvisor
WeChat Kakao Talk

See also

References

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