Zhou Xiaoping

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 (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!.

Zhou Xiaoping
Native name	周小平
Born	Zhou Ping (周平)[1] Zigong, Sichuan, China
Occupation	Essayist, blogger
Language	Chinese
Period	1996–present
Genre	Prose
Notable works	Please Do Not Fail This Era!
Spouse	Wang Fang

Early life

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

Career

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

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)