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Introduction - xi
PART ONE
The Copycats
Chapter One - 3
Baidu—China’s Boldest Internet Start-Up
Robin Li took what he learned in Silicon Valley to beat Google in China and become
a multimillionaire. But he almost didn’t make it in the early days.
Chapter Two - 19
Alibaba—The Wizardry of Jack Ma
Not even Harry Potter’s author could imagine a tale as magical as Jack Ma's: He
beat eBay and Yahoo! in China and scored a record IPO.
Chapter Three - 33
Dangdang.com—The Amazon Plus of China
Cofounder Peggy YuYu has shown how to copy and then outsmart Amazon.com in
China. Watch out Jeff Bezos.
Chapter Four - 45
Chinacars.com—Cruisin’ with Style
John Zhang has modernized the all-American AAA brand down to its name—
CCC—in China’s zooming car market. Next stop, Nasdaq.
Chapter Five - 57
Oak Pacific Interactive—Web 2.0 on Steroids
Joe Chen created copies of MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, and Craigslist. With
Murdoch at the door and losses to contend with, his survival skills are in for a test.
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