Zhou Xiaoping

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Not to be confused with the Australian artist of the same name, winner of the 1999 Archibald Prize People's Choice Award
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Xiaoping
Native name
周小平
BornZhou Ping (周平)[1]
Zigong, Sichuan, China
OccupationEssayist, blogger
LanguageChinese
Period1996–present
GenreProse
Notable worksPlease Do Not Fail This Era!
SpouseWang Fang

Zhou Xiaoping (Chinese: 周小平; pinyin: Zhōu Xiǎopíng) is a Chinese essayist and popular blogger. He is known for his support of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, and for his most well-known work, Please Do Not Fail This Era!.

Early life

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Zhou Xiaoping was born and raised in Zigong, Sichuan.[citation needed]

Career

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After junior high school, Zhou started to publish works in 1996.[citation needed] "Cutlassfish Zhou" (周带鱼) became the nickname for his nationalist, pro-Communist, pro-Chinese government and anti-American writing.[2]

He is a supporter of Chinese Communist Party rule and has expressed nationalist, anti-American and anti-Western sentiment.[3][4][5]

Zhou is noted for praising the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping at a conference on art and literature.[6] Xi praised Zhou for spreading "positive energy" in 2014.[7]

Personal life

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On 25 March 2017, he married opera singer Wang Fang.[8]

Works

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  • Please Do Not Fail This Era! (请不要辜负这个时代)
  • Young, do you really know about this country? (少年，你真的了解这个国家吗？)
  • Where did our heroes go? (我们的英雄都去哪儿了)
  • Nine Tricks of the United States Cultural Cold War (美国对华文化冷战的九大绝招)

References

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  1. ^ 座谈会上习近平提到的网络作家是谁？. GMW (in Chinese). 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Cutlassfish Zhou - China Digital Space". China Digital Times. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  3. ^ Wang Dehua (23 October 2014). 周小平花千芳，爱国不需要理由. Xinhua (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ People's liberation News (23 October 2014). 请不要辜负"周小平们" (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ^ Wertime, Ning Hui, David. "Is This the New Face of China's Silent Majority?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 30 May 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "In Defense of Zhou Xiaoping, China's Patriotic Blogger Zhou Xiaoping is a product of the extreme tendencies of both China's supporters and China's critics". The Diplomat. 2014.
  7. ^ 习近平寄语周小平花千芳：望你们创作更多正能量作品. Caixin (in Chinese).
  8. ^ "网络名人周小平宣布婚讯 结婚照曝光". Sina. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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