A recent Chinese doctoral student has occupied the mainstream media in the UK, the international student named Zhou Xinhua, who holds the title of PhD at the University of London, is indeed the most crazy person in the UK in recent years.
During his five years of studying in the UK, he used more than 50 women for drug abuse and spotted thousands of videos stored until January 2021, when British police raided his apartment and arrested him.
A ruling by the London Criminal Court has made a name that should have been shining on the academic path a subject of global speech. 28-year-old Chinese international student Zhou Zhonghui, who was exposed between 2019 and 2024 to drug abuse and video of more than 50 women. What he did, even the experienced police said, he was probably one of the worst criminals in Britain's history.
Zhou Xinhua was born in 1997 in a fine family in Dongguan, Guangdong.
His father was a high-ranking state-owned enterprise, a million-year salary; his mother taught in the high school, the family conditions were superior. From young to old, he attended the best private school, and his parents' love made him want to wind and rain. When he was in high school, he wore tens of thousands of thousands of dollars and went to school in a variety of big dresses, and the superior material conditions gradually expanded his heart.
In 2017, under the arrangement of his parents, Zhou Zhonghai went to study in the UK. He first studied mechanical engineering at a well-known university and successfully applied for an engineering doctorate at the University College of London.
During his studies, his life became more and more luxurious, his parents also demanded him, rented a high-end apartment in the center of London, with monthly rents of up to RMB 30,000; on social media, not driving a Porsche, Ferrari and other luxury cars, but organizing a party on the yacht; the hatroom filled with luxury items such as LV, Gucci, and a Mercedes-Benz watch worth more than RMB 2 million.
In order to satisfy his distorted desire, Zhou begins a series of outrageous criminal acts. He first spends a lot of money on reconstruction surgery and sets himself up as a "high man" image as a seduction to attract women.
Especially those who first came to foreign countries and lack the sense of security Chinese female students, became his main goal. he in the name of exchange study, dating as friends, close to these girls, thanks to the beautiful appearance, quickly won their trust.
However, once the girls entered his apartment, the nightmare came with it. Zhou Mohoo would steal drugs in their drinks, sexually assault after the girls lost consciousness, because of the drug reason most girls woke up without knowing that they were assaulted, just because of the simple "drinking drops".
Not only that, Zhou Zhonghu has also been ill-hearted to shoot a large number of obscene videos and photos, and even retain the victim's private objects as his "war offerings".
For many years, Zhou Zhonghua has been out of law and continued his sinful conduct. Until a brave Chinese international student came out and outraged his wrongdoing through social media, it caught the attention of the police. Police quickly intervened in the investigation and eventually arrested Zhou Zhonghua, according to the large amount of evidence provided by the victims.
In his home, police found a large number of hidden cameras and up to 1600 hours of video, with no fewer than 50 victims.
At the February 2025 trial, Zhou Mohoo was still trying to argue that his relationship with all the victims was to obtain the consent of each other, it was voluntary by both sides, and the video was also the victim's consent to shoot, which was not illegal, and he also shamelessly said: "I have to shoot such a movie with at least five girls each month, and will send them a suitcase."
He said the behavior in the video was "voluntary role-playing", and the shooting equipment was "curiosity buying", such a shameless speech, is indecent.
Eventually, he was convicted of 28 charges, including 11 rape crimes, as well as multiple charges such as spying, possession of extreme pornography, illegal detention and possession of controlled drugs.
After the outbreak of the Zhou Xinhua case, it quickly caused the shock of the Chinese and British media, and his actions have caused the image of Chinese students to be blackened.
Looking back at Zhou Zhenge's growth trajectory, the excessive affection of the family may be one of the causes of his mischief.
Parents focused only on material gifts, but ignored moral education, leaving him without fear of morality and law.In Britain, the open environment and lack of constraints left his desire completely out of control.
And those victims of girls, mostly because of being in exotic countries and other countries, for reasons of their own reputation and safety, choose silence, which to a certain extent promoted Zhou's uproar, allowing him to go further and further on the road of crime.
The case of Zhou has sounded the alarm bell to all international students, especially in exotic countries and other countries, be sure to raise the awareness of security, do not trust strangers easily.
At the same time, this also reminds the general public that while giving children superior material conditions, we should pay more attention to the cultivation of character and teach them to establish the correct values and moral views.And for those potential criminals, it should also be understood that no matter how well disguised, one day, the sin will be exposed, waiting for them will be the strict punishment of the law.