CNN news report on Wikipedia / Baidu / Hudong

The quote "No reason for China to use Wikipedia as it's foreign" from the "home-grown" chief scientist of Baidu William Chang has been spoofed here (http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/54188.htm), which seemingly indicates to me that an overwhelming majority of the responders are well aware of the gap between Baidu and Wiki in terms of content quality.

I think this is worth reading for the comments from the Chinese side

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/14/wiki.china/index.html

Hi, Phil. Could you explain more on this? What make you think the comments from the Chinese side is interesting? For William Chang and Pan's statement - "No reason for China to use Wikipedia" and "We know the market better" - do they have any proofs?

While I can give some proof for why William Chang and Pan's statement is nonsense. In Douban.com, one famous online community in China, you will find below fact:

• the group of Wikipedia have 38724 members
• the group of Baidu Baike have 10 members
• the group of Hudong have 5 members

I have to say they have communities with no activity outside their own website.

Mountain, I mean exactly what you do in your following comments. The attitude is generally "We don't need Wikipedia". This is the major mindset that we need to address and find a way to convince them otherwise.