Zhao Xiuli (赵秀丽) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the source record behind the Zhao Xiuli (赵秀丽) profile: the October 2022 arrest and hunger strike, the reported 4.5-year sentence, her prior detention history, and the roster corroboration of her custody status, with provenance and limitations noted. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Minghui — “Tailor on Hunger Strike After Being Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong” (October 26, 2022)
(Opened and read in full: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2022/10/26/204460.html). Reports that Ms. Zhao Xiuli, 57, was seized by police at her tailor shop on October 17, 2022, after a home search that morning; her books, computer, and printer were confiscated. She was held at the Donghu Police Station, taken for a COVID-19 test each morning, and went on hunger strike to protest the detention while her husband delivered food daily. The report gives her background: Falun Gong since April 1996; two years of forced labor following the December 31, 2000 arrest (Shenxin and Longshan camps); a 2015 criminal complaint against Jiang Zemin; the August 11, 2016 arrest; the January 23, 2018 Heping District Court hearing; and the two-year sentence on July 19, 2018. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated documentation outlet; detailed case narrative; single-perspective.
Minghui — “Liaoning Tailor Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong” (April 16, 2024)
(Opened and read in full: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/4/16/216602.html). Reports that the 57-year-old Shenyang tailor was sentenced to 4.5 years, recapitulating the October 17, 2022 arrest, the 14-day police-station hold under the COVID quarantine rule, the hunger strike, and the October 31, 2022 transfer to detention. It notes that “the details of Ms. Zhao’s subsequent indictment, trial, and sentencing remain to be investigated.” This is the sentencing anchor that matches the roster’s 4.5-year group. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated documentation outlet; single-perspective.
Minghui — “Reported in the First Half of 2024: 447 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith” (July 18, 2024)
(Verified via search index; not opened in full this session: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/7/18/219085.html). The sentencing roundup lists Zhao Xiuli of Shenyang among practitioners sentenced in the reporting period, noting the police surveillance-camera evidence and the 4.5-year sentence. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated documentation outlet; aggregate report; search-index-verified.
2018 sentencing-table entry (daiphap.org)
(Verified via search index; not opened in full this session: https://daiphap.org/en.minghui.org/u/filer_public/8c/66/8c66b272-acde-4a25-9505-f03aa62c2d3e/373790-falun-gong-reported-sentenced-august-2018.pdf). The August 2018 sentencing report’s table pairs “赵秀丽 Zhao Xiuli Liaoning Shenyang” with a 2018 sentence. Its term figure conflicts with Minghui’s detailed account of a two-year sentence on July 19, 2018 — the conflict is preserved, not flattened; Minghui’s detailed account is treated as the stronger record. Source grade: aggregate sentencing table; transcribed; search-index-verified.
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. Lists 赵秀丽 / “Zhao Xiuli” in the “four years and six months” band. The report supplies no biographical detail beyond the sentence and custody status; it is the source for her classification as in custody as of August 2026. Source grade: monitoring organization; single-source roster fact.
Source conflicts and limitations
The evidence base is Minghui’s 2022 arrest/hunger-strike narrative, its 2024 sentencing report, the first-half-2024 sentencing roundup, the transcribed 2018 sentencing table, and the Issue 131 roster. The precise sentencing date and the court that imposed the 4.5-year sentence are not stated in any source located. No PRC official source on the case was found. No release has been reported. The August 2018 sentencing table’s term figure conflicts with Minghui’s detailed two-year sentence of July 19, 2018; Minghui’s account is treated as the stronger record. Wrong-person evidence: Minghui items from 2001 report a “Zhao Xiuli” in Shijiazhuang, Hebei — different province and year, no anchor to the Shenyang case — treated as a distinct same-name person; do not merge.
Person profile: Zhao Xiuli (赵秀丽)