Zhou Liqi (; born December 27, 1984) is a Chinese slacker culture influencer and thief. He became famous in 2016 after a 2012 video went

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of him being questioned by local police in

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

after being arrested for stealing

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s. When he was released from prison in April 2020, he was offered up to to sign with

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, but he declined the offers, instead opening a

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. The Chinese government has criticized him as part of an effort to suppress slacker culture,

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fan videos praising him using the nickname Qie Guevara (), and threatened to blacklist talent agencies that work with him.

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{{China-bio-stub People from Guangxi Chinese criminals Internet memes introduced in 2016 Social media influencers 1984 births Living people Chinese Internet celebrities