China's internet has always been criticized for its lack of innovation. Many of China's successful companies do things that can be found in America. But I think we have misunderstood Chinese entrepreneurs.
The new technology of the Internet can be uploaded to China in 1 nights, the business model is enough to copy in 1 weeks, but the most difficult to copy is the user's maturity. A successful enterprise is not a success of technology or model, but a success that caters to the needs of the user. If the majority of users need to be slower than the United States for a few years, if we do what the American founders have not done, in the Chinese user base how to succeed? In line with the mainstream application of user needs, because the time difference between China and America Internet, must be "follow".
Solutions are similar for similar requirements. Throughout the history of the Internet, many markets have experienced a process from Web sites, to mail, to portals, to entertainment, to search, to socializing. If a market is half a shot later than the other, mainstream apps will be half a night. This is like small fang classmate first get the examination paper, see the topic is 1+1, answer 2; xiaoming got the examination paper late, see also 1+1 this problem, Xiaoming also wrote 2. Xiaoming is given the answer, whether it is their own thought out, or glanced at a small fang, we all said that Xiao Ming is plagiarism. This is unfair to Xiaoming's classmate.