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Ruan Xiaohuan was born on 10 June, 1977 in Quanzhou, Fujian, China, is a Chinese blogger. Discover Ruan Xiaohuan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

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Occupation Blogger, InfoSec specialist, political commentator
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 10 June 1977
Birthday 10 June
Birthplace Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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Timeline

1949

Ruan's maternal grandparents migrated to Taipei in 1949 along with the mainland Exodus and the relocation of the central government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, leaving Ruan's mother, Zhuang Xiuzhu, who was only eight months old at the time, under the care of her maternal grandmother in Quanzhou.

Ruan's maternal grandmother, Chuang Yen-ching, later established a company in Taipei and engaged in the indoor and women’s accessories business.

1977

Ruan Xiaohuan (born 10 June 1977) is a Chinese dissident, blogger, and InfoSec specialist.

Ruan was born on 10 June 1977, in Quanzhou, Fujian, to Zhuang Xiuzhu and Ruan Wenling.

Ruan Xiaohuan's mother, Zhuang Xiuzhu, is a member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) and worked at the Quanzhou Flour Mill.

Ruan's father, Ruan Wenling, is a Chinese literature Professor at Huaqiao University and a member of the China Democratic League (CDL).

1988

In 1988, as the cross-strait relations continued to thaw, Ruan's mother, Zhuang Xiuzhu, travelled to Taipei with her husband (Ruan's father) to briefly reunite with her mother (Ruan's maternal grandmother), whom she had not seen for almost 40 years, and to pay tribute to her late father.

1989

Later, a massive wave of internet censorship was enforced in mainland China around the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, which led Ruan to turn his blog to focus on sharing methods to bypass the block.

1990

Ruan first discovered his passion for information technology in 1990 at the age of 13, when he was in secondary school.

He joined a computer enthusiasts group at that time and became fascinated with DOS viruses.

In order to understand the mechanism behind DOS viruses, Ruan taught himself assembly language and C in his school's computer room.

1996

Ruan went on to study chemical engineering at the East China University of Science and Technology in 1996 but continued to be infatuated with computer science and used most of his time to further his studies in the field, which resulted in his failure to pass exams of his major courses and the College English Test level 4, and led to his later decision to drop out in the fourth year and pursue his career in IT industries.

A decision he made much to the dismay of his parents, particularly to his father, who held a professorship.

At university, Ruan met his future wife, Bei Zhenying, his then classmate.

At work, Ruan practised in various information security industries, including managing intrusion detection systems and security operations centres and engaging in information security audits.

2008

He served as a chief engineer for the information security system used in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

2009

In 2009, Ruan started an anonymous blog named ProgramThink on Blogger, covering various topics from network security, methods to bypass the internet blockade in mainland China, to his own political commentaries (including criticism of the Chinese Communist Party) and book recommendations.

Ruan was captured on 10 May 2021 by the Shanghai police for his aforementioned blog.

On 10 February 2023, he was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power" by the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court, and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment with two years of deprivation of political rights and a confiscation of property of 20,000 Chinese yuan.

On 15 January 2009, Ruan created his blog ProgramThink on Blogger.

For the first few months, the blog only focused on computer technology and software development.

2010

Several social incidents in 2010 and 2011, such as the death of Qian Yunhui and the 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests, inspired Ruan to write more about subjects beyond just technology.

Ruan gradually expanded the content of his blog from purely technical articles to a wide range of topics, including more overt political commentaries, historical reviews, book recommendations, etc. These aspects later formed the main contents of his blog.

2012

In 2012, Ruan resigned from his job to be fully committed to open-source software development.

2013

In an email interview conducted by Deutsche Welle after his blog was nominated for the 2013 Deutsche Welle International Best of Blogs (BOBs) Awards, Ruan told Deutsche Welle that nonviolent revolution was the only way to solve China's problems and could only be achieved when the general public possessed a higher level of political literacy and psychological resilience.

He said that advancing the public's political literacy and psychological resilience, so that people would be more willing to engage in political affairs and less susceptible to brainwashing, was his motivation for writing the blog.

Due to the worsening situation in mainland China, Ruan made a commitment to publish new content or leave a message at least once every 14 days to prove he was safe.

2016

In February 2016, Ruan started Project Zhao (also known as the Princeling Network Map) on GitHub, collecting information on over 700 high-level Chinese officials (the so-called Princelings) that was publicly reported by credible media and compiling them into a 'network' to demonstrate that these high-level officials are inter-connected and corrupt.

On 8 June 2016, GitHub received a letter from the Cyber Security Association of China, claiming Project Zhao "vilifies our President Xi" and requesting that the project to be removed "at the earliest time possible".

GitHub, however, chose to make this letter public and not to remove the project.

It was the first notice and take down request GitHub had ever received from Beijing.

To the outside world, it seemed that Ruan had disappeared around late May 2021, as he had remained silent for more than 14 days; he had previously promised to post at least once every 14 days to prove he was safe.

Ruan's disappearance raised concerns about his well-being and whereabouts on the internet.

Only in late March 2023, when Ruan's wife chose to speak out for help on the internet, did the public become aware of Ruan's arrest and the subsequent process of secret trial and adjudication.

It was later revealed that the police raided Ruan's residence in Shanghai and took him away by force on 10 May 2021 at around noon.

Ruan's spectacles were shattered during this course.

The search at Ruan's residence continued to the small hours the next day.

2017

He kept the promise even in November 2017 when he had an allergic asthma attack requiring treatment with corticosteroid injections, resulting in severe erythroderma and causing him to be confined to bed.

Ruan kept writing his blog up to one day prior to his apprehension, which amounted to 712 posts in total.

In December 2021, six months after posts stopped appearing, the blog was named "Person of the Year" by China Digital Times.