Chinese entrepreneurs are so good at learning and following new business models. At the internet age, almost all new models of online service will be followed by Chinese companies.
Before Yahoo started the concept of portal website, nobody in the world knew it or did anything similar. Then came Yahoo. Almost immediately, you see sites like sohu, sina, 163... exactly following Yahoo's way.
Other examples are:
Hotmail: 163
Google crawling and search: Baidu
ICQ: QQ
Twitter: Weibo
Facebook/WhatsApp: WeChat
YouTube: Youku
EBay: Alibaba
Google Maps: Gaode Maps
Wiki: Baidu Baike
The list goes on and on.
Before Yahoo started the concept of portal website, nobody in the world knew it or did anything similar. Then came Yahoo. Almost immediately, you see sites like sohu, sina, 163... exactly following Yahoo's way.
Other examples are:
Hotmail: 163
Google crawling and search: Baidu
ICQ: QQ
Twitter: Weibo
Facebook/WhatsApp: WeChat
YouTube: Youku
EBay: Alibaba
Google Maps: Gaode Maps
Wiki: Baidu Baike
The list goes on and on.