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Like many tech-savvy people in China, Kai-Fu Lee spent some time Friday tinkering with Google's new feature, which allows users to see in advance which search terms might trigger a block from the mainland's system of online censorship. Lee, who previously headed Google China before leaving in 2009 to start a Beijing-based venture-capital firm, did a search on himself. Google's service indicated that his surname, written as 李 in Chinese, could cause a problem.

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