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Bang Xiao
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Born1989, China
🏳️ NationalityAustralian
💼 Occupation
Journalist
👔 EmployerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation

Bang Xiao (Chinese: 萧邦, born 1989) is an Australian journalist and China analyst. He is currently the Supervising Producer for Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Chinese news service.[1][2]

Xiao is known for his news analysis on China and Australia-China relations.[3][4]

In 2022, Xiao has won Melbourne Press Club's Quill Award for Reporting on Multicultural Affairs, covering temporary migrants living in modern slavery in Australia.[5][6][7]

Early life[edit]

Xiao is a first-generation Australian of Chinese heritage.[8] He was born in China in 1989, and migrated to Melbourne in 2007.[9]

Journalism[edit]

Xiao's first article, on a personal reflection of eating dog meat when he was a child, was published on ABC News in 2018.[10]

In 2019, Xiao worked for ABC's flagship program Four Corners, which triggered Australian brand Cotton On and Target's investigation into their suppliers after Beijing's forced labour of ethnic minorities exposed in Xinjiang.[11][12] The story received a Lowy Institute Media Award in 2020.[13]

In 2020, Xiao's exclusive story on hundreds of Australians being trapped in Wuhan resulted the Federal government's decision to evacuate more than 600 citizens from the epicentre of COVID-19.[14] The series coverage was nominated for the Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards in the category of Best Print Report.[15]

In November 2020, Xiao and his family members, including his mother and sister, received rape threats after he exposed Beijing's attempt to draw on Chinese diaspora's anti-racism campaign in Australia as a diplomatic tactic.[16]

In 2022, Xiao's three-year investigation into modern slavery in Australia's regional area uncovered severe exploitation against temporary migrants. The story has won the 2021 Quill Award for Reporting on Multicultural Affairs.[17]

Awards[edit]

Awards Nominations
Year Awards Category Story Status
2020 The NSW Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards Best Print Report Wuhan Evacuation Nominated
2021 Quill Awards Reporting on Multicultural Affairs Hidden in Plain Sight Won
2021 Quill Awards Innovation in Journalism Hidden in Plain Sight Nominated


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  1. "Bang Xiao". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 Dec 2018.
  2. "Digital Chinese-language media in Australia: Impact, influence and insights". Australia-China Relations Institute. University of Technology Sydney.
  3. "China establishing overseas police presence in Australia". YouTube. ABC News.
  4. "China 'sending a very strong narrative' through social media of Taiwan visit". YouTube. ABC News.
  5. "2021 Quills". Melbourne Press Club. 10 Mar 2022.
  6. "ABC 2021 Quill Awards finalists and winners". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 Mar 2022.
  7. "Guardian Australia wins Quill awards for innovation and reporting on disability affairs". The Guardian. 18 Mar 2022.
  8. "Chinese-born journalists share their joy and frustration on covering China from Australia". ABC News. 25 Mar 2023. Retrieved 7 Jun 2023.
  9. Xiao, Bang (17 Feb 2018). "Chinese New Year: Remembering how I first ate dog meat, and how differences bring us together". ABC News. Retrieved 7 Jun 2023.
  10. "Chinese New Year: Remembering how I first ate dog meat, and how differences bring us together". ABC News. 17 Feb 2018.
  11. "Cotton On and Target Australia stop buying cotton from Xinjiang over human rights concerns". Herald Sun. 15 Oct 2019.
  12. "How insights from Australia's diverse communities are reshaping the ABC's world news coverage". ABC News. 10 Sep 2019.
  13. "2020 Lowy Institute Media Award". Lowy Institute.
  14. Xiao, Bang (26 Jan 2020). "Australians in coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan could get evacuated by Australian Government". ABC News.
  15. "The NSW Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards (PMCAs)". Multicultural NSW. NSW Government.
  16. "Now, China attacks journalists abroad, targets Australian journalist Bang Xiao". WION News. 24 Nov 2020.
  17. Knox, David (19 Mar 2022). "Quill Awards 2021: winners". TV Tonight.