He is credited for the exposure of a local government scandal on $5 million misuse of money allocated to poor people settlement after a irrigating project.He published an open letter on his personal website to Brother Tao in Jan 11, 2006. In the letter, Mr Xu potraited a dark reality of today's Chinese military, and asked president Hu Jintao to responde swiftly.The Seagull browsed Mr Xu's website, and determined that Mr. Xu was an examplary responsible Chinese journalist. The Seagull wishes Mr. Xu good luck!