> Isn't it strange that the Chinese copied facebook, but now facebook copys WeChat You've clearly never used WeChat if you're under the impression they copied

> Isn't it strange that the Chinese copied facebook, but now facebook copys WeChat You've clearly never used WeChat if you're under the impression they copied Facebook. This "___ of the West" is just a simplified trope to help readers make a comparison. Western companies/apps fail in the East and Eastern apps often fail in the West as the market is completely different that you can't just port something over and hope to replicate its success. https://hbr.org/2018/08/why-western-digital-firms-have-failed-in-china https://hbr.org/2018/08/why-western-digital-firms-have-faile...