Ruan Xiaohuan / 阮晓寰 — Media Profile & Archive
Person profile: Ruan Xiaohuan / 阮晓寰.
Primary document
English translation of People v. Ruan Xiaohuan, [2021] Hu 02 Xing Chu No. 67: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:People_v_Ruan_Xiaohuan_(2023)
Selected reporting and advocacy
Committee to Protect Journalists, March 30, 2023: https://cpj.org/2023/03/chinese-blogger-ruan-xiaohuan-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison/
Dui Hua Foundation, Prisoner Updates 2024 #8: https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2024-8/
ChinaAid, August 23, 2025: https://chinaaid.org/news/ruan-xiaohuan-meets-wife-for-first-time-in-four-years/
NPR, July 27, 2023: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190381511/china-program-think-blogger-ruan-xiaohuan
Chronology
May 2021: Ruan was detained in Shanghai.
February 10, 2023: The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court imposed a seven-year sentence for inciting subversion of state power.
March–July 2023: Major international outlets and press-freedom groups reported on his identification as ProgramThink and on his wife Bei Zhenying’s campaign.
December 13, 2024: Radio Free Asia reported that the Shanghai High People’s Court upheld the judgment on appeal.
August 2025: ChinaAid reported that Ruan had been transferred to Tilanqiao Prison and received his first family visit in more than four years.
Evidentiary notes
The first-instance judgment does not name the ProgramThink blog. The blogger identity is based on Bei Zhenying’s disclosure and corroborating reporting by multiple outlets and organizations. The 2028 term end is taken from the judgment; no release or sentence reduction is inferred.