Qin Xiaoyu Biography Qin Xiaoyu was born in 1974 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. He has published a collection of poems entitled Seven and edited a volume entitled Modern Quatrains. See Work POETRY / Fall 2010 Tailing Dam of Baotou Steel By Qin Xiaoyu Tailing Dam stands tall, Mine Lake hangs high. At dike’s end stand a few grasses, snake-like.