Zhou Xiaoping

Zhou Xiaoping
周小平
Born
Zhou Ping (周平)

Zigong, Sichuan, China
OccupationsEssayist, blogger
SpouseWang Fang
Writing career
LanguageChinese
Period1996–present
GenreProse
Notable workPlease Do Not Fail This Era!

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

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.

He is a supporter of the Chinese Communist Party and has expressed nationalist, anti-American and anti-Western sentiment.

Zhou is noted for praising Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, at the 2014 Beijing Forum on Literature and Art.: 50  Xi praised Zhou along with Hua Qianfang, another internet writer, for spreading positive energy in 2014.: 50 

Personal life

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

Works

References

  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. 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "网络名人周小平宣布婚讯 结婚照曝光". Sina. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2023.