Zhou Guixia (周桂霞) — Media Profile & Archive

This archive preserves the source record behind the Zhou Guixia (周桂霞) profile: a Christian from a church in Kaili City, Guizhou, formally arrested in May 2026 on fraud and “organizing minors to carry out activities disrupting public order” charges and reported detained awaiting trial as of August 2026, with provenance and limitations noted. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.

The Chinese characters 周桂霞 were fixed by positional alignment against the Chinese edition of the same roster report in three independent places: the alphabetical master name list (“…Zhou Deyong, Zhou Fenglan, Zhou Guihua, Zhou Guixia, Zhou Guoqiang…” ↔ “…周德勇、周凤兰、周桂花、周桂霞、周国强…”); the Guizhou provincial custody segment (“31, 7 people from Guizhou: Wei Yongqiang, He Jinbao, Quan Xiaolong, Long Jian, Cheng Yongbing, Zhou Guixia, Ji Feng” ↔ “31、贵州7人：魏永强、何晋宝、权小龙、龙剑、程勇兵、周桂霞、季风”); and the independent six-detainee list correspondence (Bitter Winter’s English list ending “…Cheng Yongbing, and Zhou Guixia” ↔ 民生观察’s Chinese list ending “…程勇兵、周桂霞”). Voice of the Martyrs (Australia) renders the sixth detainee as “Zhou Guiya” — a transliteration variance, same person.

Bitter Winter — “Six Christians Arrested in Guizhou on Fraud and ‘Organizing Minors’ Charges” (May 2026)

(Opened and read in full: https://bitterwinter.org/six-christians-arrested-in-guizhou-on-fraud-and-organizing-minors-charges/). Core English case analysis: the six formal arrests in Kaili City (Wei Yongqiang, He Jinbao, Quan Xiaolong, Long Jian, Cheng Yongbing, and Zhou Guixia), citing Weiquanwang; the fraud plus “organizing minors” charges; the Sunday-school and evangelism basis for the minors charge; the 2021 Kaili twelve-year Adventist fraud sentence as precedent; the revised Public Security Administrative Punishments Law context; and the procuratorate’s approval of the arrests without hearing the families’ lawyers’ opinions. Source grade: religious-freedom outlet; core English case narrative citing Weiquanwang; primary for this case.

民生观察 — “贵州凯里市教会六名基督徒被以诈骗罪批捕” (May 12, 2026)

(Opened and read in full: https://msguancha.com/plus/view.php?aid=25406). Primary Chinese-language case report: the six detained names in Chinese — 魏永强、何晋宝、权小龙、龙剑、程勇兵、周桂霞 — confirming Zhou Guixia’s Chinese name; the two charges; the procuratorate’s approval of all six arrests without hearing the lawyers’ opinions; and the national first-instance significance of the minors charge. Source grade: independent Chinese-language rights outlet; primary for this case.

对华援助新闻网 (ChinaAid Chinese) — “全国首例：贵州凯里教会六人被以’组织未成年人实施破坏治安管理活动’罪名批捕” (May 12, 2026)

(Opened and read in full: https://www.chinaaid.net/2026/05/blog-post_109.html). Chinese-language report: the six names with 周桂霞; the minors-charge legal analysis; and the six reported still in detention at the time of writing. Source grade: aid-group outlet; legal-significance analysis; primary for this case.

ChinaAid (English) — “Chinese authorities arrest six Christians over children’s Sunday school classes” (May 13, 2026)

(Previously verified for this same case by prior publication research, 2026-09-24 to 2026-09-27; not re-opened in this update; no live URL recorded in the evidence record.) Aid-group English report on the same six-defendant Kaili case. Source grade: secondary, international religious-freedom coverage.

Religion Unplugged (May 15, 2026)

(Previously verified for this same case by prior publication research, 2026-09-24 to 2026-09-27; not re-opened in this update; article title not recorded in the evidence record.) International religious-freedom coverage of the same six-defendant Kaili case. Source grade: secondary, international religious-freedom coverage.

International Christian Concern (May 22, 2026)

Christian Daily International (2026)

(Previously verified for this same case by prior publication research, 2026-09-24 to 2026-09-27; not re-opened in this update; exact date and article title not recorded in the evidence record.) International religious-freedom coverage of the same six-defendant Kaili case. Source grade: secondary, international religious-freedom coverage.

Voice of the Martyrs (Australia) — mid-2026 detention update

(Previously verified for this same case by prior publication research, 2026-09-24 to 2026-09-27; not re-opened in this update.) Mid-2026 detention update on the same six-defendant case; renders the sixth detainee as “Zhou Guiya” — a transliteration variance, the same person, not a separate case. Source grade: secondary, international religious-freedom coverage.

Chinese-language prayer letter (August 2026)

(Previously verified for this same case by prior publication research, 2026-09-24 to 2026-09-27; not re-opened in this update.) Chinese-language prayer letter listing the six names in traditional characters. Source grade: secondary, community coverage of the same case.

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 周桂霞 / “Zhou Guixia” in the detained-without-trial (羁押未判) category of the Guizhou regional custody list. Chinese edition (live original): https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/20268311311638.html; English edition read from a local capture. Source for in-custody classification as of August 2026. Source grade: monitoring organization; single-source roster fact.

Source conflicts and limitations

No contradictions were found across sources on the six-name set, the charges, the arrest month, or the custody status. One transliteration variance: Voice of the Martyrs (Australia) renders the sixth detainee as “Zhou Guiya” versus “Zhou Guixia” elsewhere — the same person, not a separate case. Gaps: no age, sex, occupation, or church role is reported for Zhou Guixia individually; no trial date, judgment, sentence, or detention facility; status after August 31, 2026 is not independently confirmed — no release, transfer, or trial claim is made beyond that date. The seventh name in the Guizhou-7 roster list, 季风 (Ji Feng), is listed elsewhere in Issue 131 as a separate Guizhou case and is not one of the six church defendants — Ji Feng’s facts must not be attached to this record. Claims that remain source-attributed: the church’s unregistered status and the “ordinary church life” basis for the minors charge (Bitter Winter, 民生观察); the procuratorate’s refusal to hear the families’ lawyers (the outlets’ reports); the legal-novelty analysis (first-instance use of the minors charge; the fraud/tithes-as-illegal-income analysis); the detention-awaiting-trial status (roster-dated); the “Zhou Guiya” variance. Must not be published: any trial date, judgment, conviction, or sentence; the detention facility; personal details (age, sex, occupation, role); Ji Feng’s facts; any release or post-August-2026 status claim. A bounded web search on October 8, 2026 for trial developments returned no new Zhou Guixia-specific item; the only same-surname hit was a Minghui Guizhou-edition item about a different person, 周桂香, who died in October 2024 — do-not-merge, different second given-name character. No court document, official procedural record, or state-media coverage for this case was located.

Person profile: Zhou Guixia (周桂霞)

Zhou Guixia (周桂霞) — Media Profile & Archive