Person profile: Tang Xingxiu (唐兴秀)
This archive preserves the key source records documenting the case of Tang Xingxiu (唐兴秀), a Chengdu Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to two years and six months in prison in February 2025. Entries are ordered by publication date. Allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Case chronology
- March 2024 — Booklet distribution at the Sanjiang street market and Lemon East Street areas of Sanjiang township, Chongzhou, with fellow practitioners Li Caiqiong, Meng Qingsu, and Jia Xingrong.
- March 19, 2024 — Arrest by Chongzhou public security officers after being reported by local residents; detention at the Chengdu City Detention Center.
- February 11, 2025 — Trial and sentencing at the Chongzhou Court: Tang receives two years and six months with a 6,000 yuan fine; Li Caiqiong 4.5 years, Meng Qingsu 3.5 years, Jia Xingrong 2 years. All four declare they will appeal.
- March 2, 2025 — Minghui case report published.
- April 14, 2025 — Prisoners of Conscience database entry recorded.
- August 31, 2026 — Issue 131 roster listing (in custody); database record lists the sentence term through 2026-09-18.
Key source records
- Minghui, March 2, 2025 — “成都法轮功学员李彩琼等四人被非法判刑”: reports the February 11, 2025 Chongzhou Court sentences, the March 19, 2024 arrest, detention at the Chengdu City Detention Center, the two-hour trial, the denial of Tang’s family defense representative’s right to speak, the dismissal of court-assigned lawyers, and the four defendants’ self-defense. URL: Minghui case report (Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; verified read in full 2026-10-09; the case facts are corroborated by the CHRD database; the outlet’s framing is its own).
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database, record 唐兴秀 / “Tang Xingxiu” (record entered 2025-04-14): female; last taken into custody 2024-03-19; charge unknown; sentence 2 years 6 months; term through 2026-09-18; Chengdu City Detention Center; Chengdu native, Falun Gong practitioner; case details with source links to the Minghui report and an Epoch Times report. Database search page (recognized human-rights monitoring database; verified retrieval 2026-10-09).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026): lists 唐兴秀 in the two-and-a-half-year sentence group (position 8 of 30) among mainland political prisoners classified as currently in custody (verified as roster record).
Limitations and contradictions
The case reporting comes from Falun Gong-affiliated media (Minghui) and the rights-monitoring database; no official court document has been located. The record lists her charge as “unknown” — no charge is asserted. Minghui’s characterization of the proceedings as illegal is the outlet’s framing, not an independent finding. The Epoch Times item cited by the CHRD record could not be read directly in this pass and is cited only via the database record. The 2026-09-18 date is the database’s stated sentence end; actual release is not confirmed by any source. No mainland state-media coverage of the case was found. No facts about her current whereabouts, prison conditions, or health are asserted beyond what the sources state.
Person profile: Tang Xingxiu (唐兴秀)