Zhou Xiaoping

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Xiaoping (Chinese: 周小平; pinyin: Zhōu Xiǎopíng; born 24 April 1981) is a Chinese essayist and popular blogger. His most well-known works are Please Do Not Fail This Era!, Young, do you really know about this country?, Where did our heroes go?, and Nine Tricks of the United States Cultural Cold War. He is a supporter of communist party rule and has expressed nationalist, anti-American and anti-Western sentiment.^[2][3][4] Zhou is noted for praising by Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping at a conference on art and literature.^[5] Xi lauded Zhou for spreading "positive energy" in 2014.^[6]

Zhou Xiaoping
Native name	周小平
Born	Zhou Ping (周平)[1] (1981-04-24) 24 April 1981 (age 44) Zigong, Sichuan, China
Occupation	Essayist, blogger
Language	Chinese
Period	1996–present
Genre	Prose
Notable works	Please Do Not Fail This Era!

Life

Zhou was born and raised in Zigong, Sichuan, after junior high school, he started to publish works in 1996. "Cutlassfish Zhou" (周带鱼) became the nickname for his nationalist, pro-Communist, pro-Chinese government and anti-American writing.^[7] Zhou has been praised by General Secretary Xi Jinping for his "positive energy".

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

Works

• 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)