Of late, Xie has become known for her talents as a bilingual variety show hostess, in particular of the long-running series City Beat.
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The show started at 6pm when the host, BBC Radio 1 presenter Peter Powell, introduced the opening act "Prince Charles and the City Beat Band", which was followed by Robert Palmer who included the songs Johnny and Mary and Some Guys Have All the Luck in his performance.
His big break in hosting came when he replaced Kym Ng and Bryan Wong as host of City Beat and was nominated for the Best Variety Show Host award twice.
She became known to audiences as host of the popular infotainment programme City Beat alongside Pan Lingling, Lina Ng, Sharon Au and Bryan Wong.
On 14 May 2011, Zabaleta appeared as an 88th minute substitute in the 2011 FA Cup Final as Manchester City beat Stoke City 1–0.
During the late 1990s she was best known for co-hosting City Beat with Kym Ng and Bryan Wong.
It has also been used to mock Manchester City fans, such as when newly promoted Cardiff City beat them 3-2 at the Cardiff City Stadium in the second game of the 2013-14 English Premier League season.
In 1950, he joined the staff of the Columbus Ledger, where he was assigned the Phenix City beat, covering news of Phenix City, a suburb of Columbus across the Chattahoochee River in Alabama.