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Where are they now?

Last year Business 2.0 identified nearly two dozen really cool Web 2.0 companies outside the United States. Here's a look at 10 that are hits.

By Jake Swearingen, Business 2.0 Magazine writer-reporter

7 of 10

Social media

Douban

Named after a spice used in Szechuan cooking, Douban allows Chinese consumers to share, tag and browse through one another's collection of books, music, and movies. Users can also form various groups to recommend cool entertainment to each other.This year Douban released Douban 9Taps, a social aggregator that recommends blogs and news articles, which helped double its traffic. Ranked among the top 300 Chinese sites by Alexa, Douban's English version is gathering steam both inside and outside of China.

CEO: Bo Yang

Location: Beijing, China

URL: douban.com

Launch: 2005

Funding: Not disclosed

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