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Google to $115 million in 4 months

After heading Google's fast growth in China for four years, Kai-Fu Lee was sick in a hospital bed thinking about a pornography investigation and the future. Less than four months and $115 million in investment later, Lee had set up a new venture capital... ...full story at Countdown to Beijing

from Countdown to Beijing on Tue, Sep 08 2009

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