Did a Chinese Baseball Team Copy One From Taiwan?

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Plagiarism, collaboration or coincidence?   A new Chinese baseball league set to debut next year has revealed the five teams that will play in its inaugural season. Baseball fans in Taiwan are taking issue with one of the teams' logos, which seems a little too familiar.   Reporter: Leslie Liao  Videographer: Howard Chang   Video Editor: Alison Nguyen   #TaiwanPlusNews #Baseball #China #Taiwan

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00:00Take a look at these two baseball team logos and try to work out the difference.

00:06They're quite similar, aren't they?

00:07Well, they're not from the same team.

00:09In fact, they're not even from the same country.

00:12One is the logo of the CTBC Brothers, which is one of Taiwan's oldest baseball club,

00:17and the other is that of the Shanghai Brothers,

00:20a team that's set to play in China's new baseball league set to debut next year.

00:25Taiwan's baseball commissioner says the league knew of the suspected plagiarism half a year ago,

00:31and it's asking CTBC for an explanation.

00:46The company that manages the CTBC Brothers responded,

00:50saying that neither the team nor the company knew about this.

00:53If there is any infringement, the company will take action.

00:57The company then said that it prioritizes its interests and fans in Taiwan.

01:02The CTBC Brothers are not the only ones dealing with potential plagiarism cases.

01:07People on the internet have pointed out that all five team logos introduced in the new Chinese league seem copied.

01:13For example, the Sun Sun Blue Sox logo is like the American Boston Red Sox ball club,

01:18while the Xiamin Dolphins logo bears similarities to the American football Miami Dolphins franchise.

01:25With collaboration claims now off the table,

01:28it seems the only two possibilities left are either plagiarism or sheer coincidence.

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