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ELI5 Cloning

I see many ELI5's about the ethics of cloning or how cloning fell of the news scene in recent years, but I am wondering about the process of cloning. Especially with the rise of Boyalife in the news, building a massive cloning facility in China. I am interested in how cloning happens! Any help is appreciated.
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Traditional reproduction has a sperm and egg. Both have half of a full set of chromosomes. When the sperm enters the egg it deposits its half of the chromosomes, now with the two combined the newly formed zygote has a full set. It begins to develop as a new individual with neither the exact DNA of its mother or father, but a mixture. 

In cloning you remove the chromosomes of the egg and insert a complete set. It can be from the mother, father or any other member of the species The resulting individual will be an exact duplicate of whatever was the source of its chromosomes. This is a clone.