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Xiao Xu

Former StaffReporterVancouver, Canada

Xiao Xu is a reporter for The Globe and Mail. Prior to joining The Globe, she worked as a reporter for Fairchild Radio.

10

Years in Journalism

Languages spoken

English, Chinese (Mandarin)

Latest articles

April 22, 2024

Smoke rises from the Burgess Creek wildfire (C20117), located 45 kilometres south of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, in this handout photograph released April 20, 2024, taken through the window of a plane. BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Smoke rises from the Burgess Creek wildfire (C20117), located 45 kilometres south of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, in this handout photograph released April 20, 2024, taken through the window of a plane. BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Wildfires in B.C., Alberta signal an early start to a dry, volatile year

3 min read

April 20, 2024

Lori Poppe is a resident of Saanich and a mom of two kids who attend schools in the district. Lori founded an advocacy group called parents and police together. She's photographged in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, April 15, 2024. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail�

Lori Poppe is a resident of Saanich and a mom of two kids who attend schools in the district. Lori founded an advocacy group called parents and police together. She's photographged in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, April 15, 2024. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail�

As youth arrests triple in Saanich, support for resuming controversial police liaison program grows

6 min read

April 18, 2024

Chrissy McMullin displays her "safe supply" of opioid alternative Dilaudid, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter

Chrissy McMullin displays her "safe supply" of opioid alternative Dilaudid, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter

Federal addictions minister meets with B.C. counterpart as backlash continues on decriminalization

3 min read

March 30, 2024

Director of Student Life at Shawnigan Lake School Matt Clinton-Baker is photographed with a cellphone in a classroom on campus in Shawnigan Lake, B.C., on Friday, March 15, 2024. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail

Director of Student Life at Shawnigan Lake School Matt Clinton-Baker is photographed with a cellphone in a classroom on campus in Shawnigan Lake, B.C., on Friday, March 15, 2024. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail

B.C. struggles toward province-wide policy on phone use in schools

6 min read

March 26, 2024

Masters' students who are affected by the recent changes made to an immigration program in B.C, protest outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in B.C, on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail

Masters' students who are affected by the recent changes made to an immigration program in B.C, protest outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in B.C, on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail

International master’s students in B.C. urge province to reassess immigration program requirements

3 min read

March 8, 2024

Louis Huang (left) and Sun Jinliang, the co-founders of the newly-formed, Canada-based Society of the Alliance of the Guard of the Rights and Interests of Chinese Private Entrepreneurs, photographed in Richmond, B.C. on March 2, 2024. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Louis Huang (left) and Sun Jinliang, the co-founders of the newly-formed, Canada-based Society of the Alliance of the Guard of the Rights and Interests of Chinese Private Entrepreneurs, photographed in Richmond, B.C. on March 2, 2024. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Entrepreneurs say they are being harassed by Beijing

5 min read

March 3, 2024

Helen Li, University of Toronto graduate with a double major, is uninterested in the traditional route to success. Like many Gen Zers, she wants something less rigid than a steady climb up a career ladder, something that interests her now and enriches her life.

Helen Li, University of Toronto graduate with a double major, is uninterested in the traditional route to success. Like many Gen Zers, she wants something less rigid than a steady climb up a career ladder, something that interests her now and enriches her life.

Inspired by the Chinese trend, a U of T grad is renting out her time to the socially anxious and isolated

4 min read

February 27, 2024

Paramedic Specialist David Hilder from B.C. Ambulance tries to speak to a drug overdose victim in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Over the past several years the drug overdoses not only across British Columbia but throughout Canada have but grown. On June, 23, 2021 for instance B.C. Ambulance paramedics responded to 140 overdose calls across the province with 42 of those being just in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Paramedic Specialist David Hilder from B.C. Ambulance tries to speak to a drug overdose victim in downtown Vancouver, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Over the past several years the drug overdoses not only across British Columbia but throughout Canada have but grown. On June, 23, 2021 for instance B.C. Ambulance paramedics responded to 140 overdose calls across the province with 42 of those being just in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Nurses group plans to argue efforts to curtail drug decriminalization in B.C. are unconstitutional

3 min read

February 21, 2024

Hand taking bottle of beer from shelf in alcohol and liquor store. Customer buying cider or supermarket staff filling and stocking shelves. Retail worker working. Woman choosing lager or pale ale

Hand taking bottle of beer from shelf in alcohol and liquor store. Customer buying cider or supermarket staff filling and stocking shelves. Retail worker working. Woman choosing lager or pale ale

B.C. teens trying cannabis, alcohol or tobacco at lowest rate in 30 years, study finds

5 min read

February 8, 2024

In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, basketball builds Indigenous sisterhood on the court

4 min read

January 23, 2024

Multiple people reportedly killed in NWT plane crash carrying Rio Tinto mine workers

4 min read

January 19, 2024

Alannah Sheriland, a mother of two school-aged children in Surrey, British Columbia, is photographed with her first grader outside of the portables at Hazelgrove Elementary School on January 5, 2024. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Alannah Sheriland, a mother of two school-aged children in Surrey, British Columbia, is photographed with her first grader outside of the portables at Hazelgrove Elementary School on January 5, 2024. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Surrey families worry over capacity limits at local schools

4 min read

January 10, 2024

British Columbia's provincial health officer says respiratory illness season is expected to hit its peak within the next week. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talks during an update at the legislature in Victoria on Thursday, March 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

British Columbia's provincial health officer says respiratory illness season is expected to hit its peak within the next week. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talks during an update at the legislature in Victoria on Thursday, March 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. hospital admissions break record as respiratory illness season nears peak

3 min read

December 23, 2023

Jay Wang poses for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C, on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Wang has met with over 60 strangers in an activity called "inviting 100 strangers for coffee" on the app Xiaohongshu. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail

Jay Wang poses for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C, on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Wang has met with over 60 strangers in an activity called "inviting 100 strangers for coffee" on the app Xiaohongshu. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail

Inviting 100 strangers for coffee and other ways to stave off loneliness

5 min read

December 6, 2023

People play with their dogs in dense fog at Strathcona Park, in Vancouver, on Sunday, November 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

People play with their dogs in dense fog at Strathcona Park, in Vancouver, on Sunday, November 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver mayor moves to abolish the city’s independently elected park board

4 min read

December 2, 2023

Scott Ramsay, a Métis PhD student in the school of nursing, is photographed outside of the First Nations Longhouse at UBC in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 23, 2023. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Scott Ramsay, a Métis PhD student in the school of nursing, is photographed outside of the First Nations Longhouse at UBC in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 23, 2023. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Concussions kept Scott Ramsay from bigger hockey prospects. His PhD work will help kids today get better care

3 min read

November 22, 2023

British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Ont., Friday July 3, 2020. The City of Penticton says it has temporarily evacuated 24 properties in a mobile home park over fears of a potential rock slide. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Ont., Friday July 3, 2020. The City of Penticton says it has temporarily evacuated 24 properties in a mobile home park over fears of a potential rock slide. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Penticton neighbourhood evacuated over concerns about potential for rockslide

3 min read

November 16, 2023

A survey of thousands of seniors in long-term care homes in B.C. recommends the provincial government increases staff, improves food and boosts access to community services so some seniors don’t need to go into care at all. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is photographed at her office in Victoria, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

A survey of thousands of seniors in long-term care homes in B.C. recommends the provincial government increases staff, improves food and boosts access to community services so some seniors don’t need to go into care at all. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is photographed at her office in Victoria, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. long-term care homes still falling short, even with increases in funding, seniors advocate says

4 min read

November 10, 2023

A police officer watches as pro-China counter-protesters shout at Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protesters holding a rally, in Vancouver, on Saturday August 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A police officer watches as pro-China counter-protesters shout at Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protesters holding a rally, in Vancouver, on Saturday August 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Hong Kong activists in Canada want hotline due to ongoing intimidation

5 min read

November 6, 2023

VICTORIA, BC: OCTOBER 3, 2010 - Dockside Green, a 15-acre harbourfront community and condo development, that claims to be a LEED platinum targeted project with "green" building in Victoria, BC. (Photo by Deddeda Stemler for the Globe and Mail)

VICTORIA, BC: OCTOBER 3, 2010 - Dockside Green, a 15-acre harbourfront community and condo development, that claims to be a LEED platinum targeted project with "green" building in Victoria, BC. (Photo by Deddeda Stemler for the Globe and Mail)

Units once intended to host Airbnb guests already turning up on the market after new B.C. rules

4 min read