Baidu (the Chinese based web company) has shown off its demo video which details its mobile OS based on Android. It has no originality whatsoever, it's borrowing UI elements from Apple and Google.

Is it so hard in China to find creative agencies or local designers that companies (Meizu, Baidu) are forced to take individual bits from iOS and Android to create this Frankenstein OS?
I am honestly curious as to the state of product and user interface in design in China. China's rich history shows us how creative they are in their inventions and ancient art but when it comes to today's modern technology it feels like China is just playing catchup. They are capable of producing the behind the scenes hardware that powers these beautiful operating systems but can't invent their own ideas for what a phone should look and feel like?

Check out the video at YouTube

If you're going to copy the iOS Messaging app, at least change the colour

An obvious clone of the Google mobile web app

Apple isn't the only one to implement the great UITableView

Always been a big fan of the UISegmentControl