Xu

MEMORANDUM ****

Dejun Xu, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. The transitional rules apply and we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). See Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir.1997). We review for substantial evidence and will reverse the BIA’s determination only if the evidence compels such a result. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339 (9th Cir.1995). *278 We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Xu failed to show that the incidents about which he testified amounted to persecution or that he has a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016-18 (9th Cir.2003). Xu’s testimony that he was on one occasion questioned by a police officer, was not harmed or threatened by this officer, was required to write three self-criticism essays, was monitored by his colleagues for approximately half a year, and was required to report once a month to a group…