Xu Zhangqing (许章清) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive collects the documented media and case records on Xu Zhangqing (许章清), a former Xinpu Town government employee sentenced to seven years and nine months in prison by the Anlu City Court on November 26, 2020, together with his wife Tu Ailian (seven years) and their son Xu Gaorui (seven years and six months). Sources are graded; claims from a single source remain attributed rather than stated as independently established fact.
Minghui library — Victim profile 许章清 (updated March 28, 2025)
(Opened and read in full: https://library.minghui.org/victim/i125928.htm). Detailed case file: identity (male, Falun Gong practitioner, Xinpu Town government civil servant, Xiaonan District, Xiaogan City, Hubei; wife Tu Ailian); detention on the evening of September 26, 2019 (home searched by Xiaonan PSB, political-legal committee, justice bureau, 610 office, domestic-security division, Xinpu police station; valuables seized); family prosecuted together; Anlu City Court trial November 17, 2020 (presiding judge Yang Yaolong, prosecutor Hou Juan); sentencing November 26, 2020: Xu Zhangqing 7 years 9 months, Tu Ailian 7 years, son Xu Gaorui 7y6m, 10,000-yuan fines each; appeal to Xiaogan Intermediate Court (judge Lu Li), upheld April 2021; May 2021 transfer of Xu and son to Shayang Fanjiatai Prison (wards 4 and 3), forced labor (Xu threads headphone cables; reported lost denture, eating difficulties). Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated media; factual claims recorded as source-attributed, not independently verified.
Tenzhu political-prisoner database — Record 1678 (Tu Ailian family entry; modified 2026-10-06)
(Opened and read in full: http://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/1678). Structured entry confirming: Xu Zhangqing 7y9m / Tu Ailian 7y / Xu Gaorui 7y6m, fines 10,000 yuan each, sentenced 2020-11-26 by Anlu City Court; Xu and son moved to Shayang Fanjiatai Prison May 2021; related persons 许章清、许高瑞. Source grade: independent monitoring database; attributed.
Minghui (English) — “Married Couple and Their Son Given Heavy Terms for the Couple’s Spiritual Belief” (December 5, 2020)
(Opened and read in full: http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2020/12/5/188606.html). Corroborates: detention September 26, 2019 ~9:30pm; home raid and valuables seizure (~400,000 yuan); formal arrest approved October 24, 2019 (Xiaonan District Procuratorate); indictment August 2020 (Anlu City Procuratorate); November 17, 2020 trial (8:30am–4:20pm, not-guilty pleas); November 26, 2020 sentencing as above; appeal to Xiaogan Intermediate Court. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; attributed.
Minghui (English) — “Additional Persecution News – November 18, 2022” (published December 5, 2022)
(Opened and read in full: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2022/12/5/205041.html). Latest prison-conditions update: Xu and son in wards 4 and 3 of Fanjiatai Prison, Shayang County, forced labor (Xu wires earphones, son sews clothes); wife in Wuhan Women’s Prison; 3-minute family phone call detail. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; attributed.
维权网 — August 2026 monthly report, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026)
维权网《中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告（2026年8月31日）第131期（共1638人）, mirrored in English and Chinese. Places Xu Zhangqing among reported in-custody cases in the 7-years-9-months fixed-term subgroup and in the A–Z listing (…许那、许章清、许志永、许宗平…). Source for in-custody classification as of August 2026 and for the Chinese-character resolution (许， not 徐）. Source grade: monitoring organization; single-source roster fact. https://www.chinahrc.org/content/43092/
Source conflicts and limitations
Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its factual claims are recorded here as source-attributed, not independently verified. Tenzhu is an independent monitoring database; its structured fields are attributed to that database. No PRC court judgment or official procedural record was located for this case; the criminal charge was not stated in any source reviewed. One source gives the detention time as the evening of September 26, 2019 and another as around 9 p.m. on September 27 — a one-day variance preserved as reported. Tenzhu’s marking of the wife Tu Ailian as released (October 2026) does not affect Xu Zhangqing’s status. Family members’ case details belong on their own pages and are not repeated as his claims here.
Person profile: Xu Zhangqing (许章清)