CNN news report on Wikipedia / Baidu / Hudong
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
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.