Zhou Xiaoping (; 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

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party rule and has expressed

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and anti-Western sentiment. Zhou is noted for praising by

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at a conference on art and literature. Xi lauded Zhou for spreading "positive energy" in 2014.

Life

Zhou was born and raised in

Zigong Zigong (, ), formed by the merger of the two former towns of Ziliujing (Tzuliuching, literally "self-flow well") and Gongjing (Kungching, literally "offering well"), is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, southwestern China. Demographics Accord ...

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, after junior high school, he started to publish works in 1996. "Cutlassfish Zhou" () became the nickname for his

, pro-

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, pro-Chinese government and

writing. Zhou has been praised by General Secretary

for his "positive energy".

Works

* ''Please Do Not Fail This Era!'' () * ''Young, do you really know about this country?'' () * ''Where did our heroes go?'' () * ''Nine Tricks of the United States Cultural Cold War'' ()

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