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Xiaomi CEO Leijun attends the launch of the new Xiaomi smartphone and Xiaomi Tv in Beijing on September 5, 2013. China’s Xiaomi has poached a key Google executive involved in the tech giant’s Android phones, in a move seen as a coup for the rapidly growing Chinese smartphone maker. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)