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"Two social network clones in China,\u00A0Zhihu (\u77E5\u4E4E), a Quora Clone, and\u00A0DianDian (\u70B9\u70B9), a Tumblr clone, have both been adopted by Kaifu Lee's startup incubator,\u00A0InnovationWorks for hosting, mentoring, and funding.\r\n\r\nChinese blog Techweb reports that InnovationWorks is apparently incubating two China clones\u00A0as well as investing in these firms, though terms have not yet been released.\u00A0Interestingly, Kai Lukoff of Techrice describes this common\u00A0pattern of Chinese Internet companies: &amp;quot;Copy first, innovate later.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTrue enough, this is evident in other &amp;quot;cloned&amp;quot; social networks such as\u00A0Sina Weibo, the Twitter-like microblogging service from China, that surpassed its original western counterpart's features by rolling out voicemail \u201Ctweets\u201D and direct video uploads. Another example would be RenRen's recently released\u00A0Jingwei, a\u00A0LinkedIn clone with a unique Quora twist.\r\nBackground on the Clones\r\nZhihu (\u77E5\u4E4E), which means \u201Cknow everything\u201D is\u00A0a Quora clone that not only copies the concept behind Quora but the overall interface as well. It is reported that the team behind Zhihu appear to be tech insiders in Beijing. This makes a solid lineup of highly capable people who can create relevant, quality content for the site.\r\n\r\nDianDian (\u70B9\u70B9), which translates to \u201Cbit by bit\u201D, is a new startup dubbed as the Tumblr clone of China. Its founder Jack Xu, is a \u201CGenius in the Chinese Social Networking industry\u201D. Prior to starting this venture, he was managing RenRen and\u00A0Kaixin, two Chinese Facebook clones, during the crucial time when these sites boomed in China back in 2009.\u00A0According to the report, DianDian copies around 80%\u00A0of Tumblr\u2019s functionalities.\r\nStartups in China\r\nCloning startups are generally looked down upon but in China's case, it may be different. Given the current Internet censorship that notoriously blocks most western social network sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, clones might actually be the only way for the Chinese to experience the same social networks that the rest of the world have been enjoying.\u00A0For what it's worth, getting\u00A0cloned in China is actually a good indication that a foreign social network is doing good.\r\n\r\nMost startups in China are still having a hard time taking off given the major advantage of Internet giants such as Tencent and Baidu in terms of user base and funds, which are both very active in creating their own versions of social networking clones as well.\r\n\r\nInnovationWorks aims to\u00A0give these startups a boost, which is critical when starting out. As Klukoff puts it, Kaifu Lee alone has some celebrity power and can lend legitimacy to a service. Hopefully, the aptly named &amp;quot;InnovationWorks&amp;quot; would not only help the Chinese startups to roll out, but be able to spark innovations for these startups as well."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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