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“Wise People Copy”: The Rise and Elevation of China’s Meituan

He was a PhD student in America in the post-dot.com boom, and he saw the future. He quit his studies, returned to China, and built a social network, inspired by Friendster. An ugly, unwieldy duckling, it flopped. He tried again, this time copying the hot college social network, Facebook, calling it Xiaonei. The name, which… Continue reading “Wise People Copy”: The Rise and Elevation of China’s Meituan