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		potatolicious on May 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China is choking the Internet That's slightly oversimplified I think, and risks ignoring e greater causes of why Chinese internet companies have succeeded beyond American ones in that market. Facebook ripoffs like Xiaonei were vastly more popular than Facebook itself even when no block was in place.

SachaG on May 15, 2010 [–]

I didn't say that was the only cause, but I'm pretty sure it's one of the main factors in those sites' success.

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