Documented identity
Liu Xingqi is named in International Labour Organization freedom-of-association records and Asia Watch reporting among members of the Changsha Workers’ Autonomous Federation targeted after the 1989 democracy movement. The source set used here gives the name in romanization; a definitive Chinese-character form remains research pending.
Related archive: Liu Xingqi — Media Profile & Archive.
Arrest and sentence
Asia Watch reported Liu Xingqi among five Changsha Workers’ Autonomous Federation leaders arrested around June 16, 1989. The contemporary official accusations against the group included “counterrevolutionary propaganda,” blocking traffic and instigating strikes; these are authorities’ allegations, not neutral factual descriptions.
The ILO Committee on Freedom of Association later recorded the PRC government’s response that Liu Xingqi was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for disturbing public order. The original judgment has not been recovered, so the disposition is presented as a government-reported sentence rather than court-document-verified fact.
Current-status caution
No reliable release instrument or post-sentence chronology has been established for this profile. The nominal expiration of a sentence is not treated as proof of release or current status.
Evidence status
Probable: Changsha Workers’ Autonomous Federation affiliation; arrest around June 16, 1989; three-year sentence.
Research pending: Chinese-character form; occupation and precise organizational role; original judgment; prison placement; release and post-release history.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Committee on Freedom of Association, Case No. 1500, China.
- Asia Watch / Human Rights Watch, reporting on arrests of Changsha Workers’ Autonomous Federation leaders after June 1989.
Source note: the sentence reporting shares a government/ILO evidentiary channel with later Asia Watch reporting and should not be represented as two independent confirmations.