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Zhou Xiaoping | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 周小平 |
| Born | Zhou Ping (周平)[1] |
| Occupation | Essayist, blogger |
| Language | Chinese |
| Period | 1996–present |
| Genre | Prose |
| Notable works | Please Do Not Fail This Era! |
| Spouse | Wang 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
[edit]Zhou Xiaoping was born and raised in Zigong, Sichuan.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]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 the Chinese Communist Party and has expressed nationalist, anti-American and anti-Western sentiment.[3][4][5]
Zhou is noted for praising Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, at the 2014 Beijing Forum on Literature and Art.[6][7]: 50 Xi praised Zhou along with Hua Qianfang, another internet writer, for spreading positive energy in 2014.[8][7]: 50
Personal life
[edit]Works
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Cutlassfish Zhou - China Digital Space". China Digital Times. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ People's liberation News (23 October 2014). 请不要辜负"周小平们" (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ 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) - ↑ "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.
- 1 2 Han, Rongbin (2026). Make China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction and Popular Authoritarianism. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-22054-5.
- ↑ 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). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "网络名人周小平宣布婚讯 结婚照曝光". Sina. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Zhou Xiaoping on Weibo (in Chinese)
- Zhou Xiaoping on Sinablog
- Zhou Xiaoping on Tencent Weibo