General Administration of Press and Publication
For 20 years, Xu's whereabouts were unknown, until a 2009 article by "Asia Weekly" reported that he was forbidden from living in Beijing and had been forced to live in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. "Asia Weekly" also reported that a reference to Xu had been included in an anthology of poetry published by his friend Li Rui in 2007, which went unnoticed by the General Administration of Press and Publication.