Zhou Xiaoping () is a Chinese essayist and popular

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. He is known for his support of the ruling

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, and for his most well-known work, ''Please Do Not Fail This Era!''.

Early life

Zhou Xiaoping was born and raised in

Zigong Zigong ( zh, s=自贡 , ), 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. Demo ...

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Career

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

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, pro-

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, pro-Chinese government and

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writing. He is a supporter of

rule and has expressed

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

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

Personal life

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

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'' ()

References

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