A group of (attractive) young people live in adjacent apartments and spend a lot of time

hanging out in coffee shops and talking about their lives.The Chinese TV sitcom Ipartment, which ended its third season recently, may have made the (audience) laugh. But it's also the target of criticism.Viewers are complaining that dialogue and scenes have been copied from the US hit sitcom Friends and other TV shows.Zhang Yan, 22, a fan of Western soap operas from Zhengzhou, Henan, established cpartment.com, where he and other viewers post screen shots after each new episode, comparing it to US (sitcoms) to demonstrate possible plagiarism.According to Zhang, at least 16 of the sitcom's 24 episodes have more than 70 percent of their plot directly copied from seven Western serials including How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and IT Crowd.
With an average of 3,000 to 4,000 clicks every day, the website has caused many Internet users

to (denounce) and boycott the show.