Personal
Zhou was born near Shaoshan in Hunan province, China. Since 2004, he has been writing a blog documenting many sensitive issues in China, such as freedom of speech, Tibet, "nailhouses" and government censorship of the media. His blog has attracted a lot of interest in China and as such the authorities have tried to shut it down on several occasions. However, Zhou hosts his blog from servers in the United States to get around the blocks. Zhou advocates further reform in China and as a result travels around the country documenting cases of injustice. During a visit to Hong Kong in 2007, he described it as a "harmonious society".
Zhou is mentioned as a prominent blogger in foreign media. In one instance, he was invited to attend the Deutsche Welle citizen journalist awards on November 27, 2008, but was prevented from doing so.
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