Zhou Xiaoping

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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