Baidu Baike
Baidu Baike /ˈbaɪduːˈbaɪkə/ (Chinese: 百度百科) is an online encyclopedia owned by Baidu, a Chinese search engine.[1] It started providing service in 2006. By August 2013 Baidu Baike had about five million articles.[2] This compares with about 700,000 articles in the Chinese Wikipedia.[2] Early in 2018 these numbers were about fifteen million and one million. In 2023, these number of articles rose to 25.5 million articles.
| Available in | Standard Chinese |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Baidu |
| Created by | Robin Li |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to edit pages) |
| Users | +6.9 million (2019) |
| Current status | Active |
Baidu Baike censors its content to the requirements of the Chinese government.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Baidu Inc.. We've launched new paid consulting services on #BaiduWiki. Twitter (2021-06-29). Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jason Q. Ng, Who’s the Boss? ...a large-scale comparison of Wikipedia China with Hudong and Baidu Baike Archived 2014-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, The Citizen Lab, University of Toronto
- ↑ Jason Q. Ng, August 28, 2013, Who’s the Boss? The difficulties of identifying censorship in an environment with distributed oversight: a large-scale comparison of Wikipedia China with Hudong and Baidu Baike Archived 10 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
- ↑ Webster, Graham. Baidu's William Chang: 'No reason for China to use Wikipedia' (2008-04-22)CNET News. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
