Charles Bi-chuen Xue () is a Chinese-American

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and

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, better known by his screen name Xue Manzi. He was one of the founders of UTStarcom, the Chairman of 8848 Electronic Commerce Network, the Chairman of Prcedu.

Biography

Xue was born in Guangdong Province in 1953. His father, Xue Zizheng, was the vice minister of the United Front Work Department.北京警方：薛蛮子因涉嫌嫖娼被抓获
During his childhood, Xue lived in Toufa Hutong,

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

. In 1966 when Xue was thirteen years old, the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

was launched by

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, during which his father Xue Zizheng was isolated and jailed. Two years later, Xue went to Urad Front Banner to work as a Sent-down youth in the Down to the Countryside Movement. In 1976, Xue worked at Wenwu Publisher as an editor, and started to learn English from Xiao Qian, Shen Congwen and Li Jianwu. He translated the'' White House Guard'' into Chinese with his friend and got 468 yuan.薛蛮子 “老奸巨猾”的天使投资人
In 1978, Xue was accepted to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, he entered

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...

in 1980, and he made the acquaintance of Masayoshi Son, , and Stan Lai. Before graduating, Xue was employed in

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. After graduating, Xue worked in

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. In June 1991, Xue returned to Beijing, he founded Unitech with Lu Hongliang and Wang Zuguang. In 2011, Xue founded 8848 Electronic Commerce Network. In 2008, Xue settled back in Beijing with his wife and children. In August 2013, Xue attended a meeting which was convened by Lu Wei, the Chairman of the State Council Information Office. On 23 August 2013, Xue was arrested for soliciting a prostitute by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. But Xue's real offense was his custom of sharing his ideas about corruption and political reform with his more than twelve-million followers on Weibo. Xue's arrest is regarded as part of China authority's plan to take back control of public opinion online. Later Xue apologized on

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, explaining that he came across prostitution while working abroad in countries like

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and the

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. In his public apology, he explained that he often "did not verify the facts very thoroughly," "did not give constructive advice or opinion," and "focused simply on spreading the message" in his Weibo posts that he said were "full of emotion." Xue was released on bail in April 2014 "because he was sick," according to the Beijing police.

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