John Liu, former vice president at Google Inc. and head of Google China, has joined Qihoo 360 as Chief Business Officer. (Update: Qihoo announcement)

Dr. Liu left Google China in July 2013 after six-year stay there. He was the successor to the former Google China chief Kaifu Lee, founder of VC firm Innovation Works.

Qihoo 360 is the rising star and Baiduโ€™s largest competitor in Chinaโ€™s search market. The company claimed more than 20% of market share within one and a half years since launch.

After Qihoo took over Neteaseโ€™s Youdao search, and the mergence of Tencentโ€™s Soso and Sohuโ€™s Sogou, Qihoo 360, Baidu and Sogou+Soso had a combined 96% market as of December 2013, according to online data service CNZZ.

Google China only had a 1.65% market share then.

Source: CNZZ
Source: CNZZ

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Tracey Xiang is Beijing, China-based tech writer. Reach her at traceyxiang@gmail.com

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