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Xiao moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2007[7] and joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2016. [8] He is one of the first bilingual journalists reporting on China and Chinese Australians, documenting Chinese-Austrlian community affairs and the situation faced by the migrants and international students communities.[9]
In 2019, Xiao gained attention for interviewing Hong Kong activist and singer Denise Ho at the peak of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. He was one of the first journalists who had Ho's denial of pro-Hong Kong independence. This interview was widely circulated in Chinese-speaking media as it was contradictory to China's state-media China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.[10]
That same year, Xiao contributed to the ABC's Four Corners (Australian TV program), which exposed the large-scale forced labor in Xinjiang's re-education camps against the Uyghur Muslims in China. The report revealed the alleged forced labor in the yarn supply chains of well-known international brands such as Target and Cotton On. The report caused a stir in Australia and prompted several brands to audit exploitation and human rights issues in their supply chains.[11]
In 2020, Xiao exclusively reported on the plight of more than 600 Australian citizens, including over 100 children, who were locked down in Wuhan at the begining of the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[12] His serial reporting over two weeks led to the Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announcing the dispatch of three charter flights to evacuate Australians from epicentre.[13]
In 2021, Xiao's three-year investigative report exposed the situation of Chinese migrants in Australia illegally paying commissions to employers for permanent residency visas, only to experience severe exploitation and fraud. The report won the Quill Award for Multicultural Affairs Reporting, making him one of the few non-native English-speaking journalists to win a journalism award in the Australian media industry.[14]
In 2022, Xiao's report revealed that Chinese police had established a liaison office in Sydney, Australia,[15] which was subsequently followed by Australian media[16][17] and drew attention from federal politicians.[18]Australian Federal Police told the Parliament that this liaison point was believed to be no longer operational.[19]
