Shanghai court jails blogger for seven years over 'subversive' posts

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Ruan Xiaohuan, the 46-year-old author of the formerly anonymous blog ProgramThink on the Blogger.com platform, was detained by the authorities in May 2021. The court judgment against Ruan referred to more than 100 "political posts" made by Ruan, his wife told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday. Ruan's blog was nominated for best Chinese blog in 2013 Deutsche Welle International Best of Blogs awards.

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Shanghai court jails blogger for seven years over 'subversive' posts

A court in Shanghai has handed a seven-year jail term to the author of a programming and politics blog who evaded government detection for around 12 years after finding him guilty of "incitement to subvert state power," Radio Free Asia has learned. Ruan Xiaohuan, the 46-year-old author of the formerly anonymous blog ProgramThink on the Blogger.com platform, was detained by the authorities in May 2021 after publishing several posts on evading th…

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