[10] In 2014, she graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and was thought to have returned to Beijing.
[11] Following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Xi volunteered as a disaster relief worker for one week in Hanwang, Mianzhu.
[2][12][13][6] In 2013, she made her first public appearance with her parents at the Liangjiahe village in Yan'an, Shaanxi, where they offered Chinese New Year greetings to the locals.
[15][16][17][18] Radio Free Asia reported that on 30 December 2020, the Maonan District People's Court sentenced Niu to 14 years in prison and a 130,000 RMB fine for "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble", "infringing on citizens' personal information", and "incitement of subversion of state power", while the 23 others were given lesser sentences.
[15] The case attracted the attention of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which said in 2022 it would investigate allegations of torture of those detained.