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There are a couple of Chinese-native products like Wikipedia: Hudong and Baidu Baike, at least. They both have more articles than English Wikipedia, although I
by NelsonMinar 13y ago
There are a couple of Chinese-native products like Wikipedia: Hudong and Baidu Baike, at least. They both have more articles than English Wikipedia, although I have no idea about their quality. And unlike Wikipedia they are for-profit companies. Anyone know of a good article that compares them in depth?
In the US we tend to look at the parallel Chinese Internet largely as a political question, censorship. But a primary reason China encourages homegrown products is simple economics. China isn't content to be a US economic colony, they build their own successful businesses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Wikipedia#Competitors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Wikipedia#Competitors
- jimworm 13y agoAnecdotal evidence: most articles I find on Baidu Baike are copied straight out of Wikipedia, but many articles on Chinese topics have extra information added.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoThe articles are also harmonized where necessary.
- voltagex_ 13y agoNow there's an idea for a browser extension - given a Wikipedia page, find the matching page and provide a "harmonization diff".
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- DanBC 13y agoDoes any of that extra information make its way back to the English Wikipedia?
- anklos 13y agoBaidu Baike focus on native stuff like Chinese celebrities, idioms etc, unlike wiki, which is much more internationalized.