Why China's web copycats succeed – China Business

blogs.forbes.com — Ren Ren and Youku (vs Facebook and YouTube) succeed by learning from Western failures in China and by import substitution--the fact that the Great Firewall blocks Western websites, causing all the former users of said site to need a new one.

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