https://www.scmp.com/rss/324248/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com For a long time, Chinese companies have been known for copying market-proven products, brands and business models from the West and adapting them for the local market with only minor modifications. Such a phenomenon is known as shanzhai, a Chinese term that was originally used to describe a bandit stronghold outside government control. In today’s slang, it refers to businesses based on fake or pirated products. Shanzhai has been prevalent in China in recent decades and this has earned China the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2083377/how-chinas-copycat-tech-companies-are-now-ones-beat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2083377/how-chinas-copycat-tech-companies-are-now-ones-beat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:45:15 +0000