Native name 周曙光 Years active 2004 - present Nationality Chinese Name Zhou Shuguang | Other names Zuola Movies High Tech, Low Life Occupation Blogger | |
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Citizenship People's Republic of China | ||
Cnbloggercon 2008 interview series 3 zhou shuguang zola
Zhou Shuguang (Chinese: 周曙光; pinyin: Zhōu Shǔguāng), also known as Zuola, is a Chinese blogger and citizen journalist. He has become known for traveling around China to document injustice done to citizens.
Contents
- Cnbloggercon 2008 interview series 3 zhou shuguang zola
- Personal
- 2008 Tibetan unrest
- 2008 Guizhou riot
- 2008 arrest
- Yang Jia case
- References
Personal
Zhou was born near Shaoshan in Hunan Province. 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 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. He was invited to attend the Deutsche Welle citizen journalist awards on November 27, 2008, but was prevented from doing so.
2008 Tibetan unrest
During the 2008 Tibetan unrest, Zhou posted pictures and translated information from foreign news articles that were not mentioned in the state media and posted them on his website.
2008 Guizhou riot
During the 2008 Guizhou riot, Zhou travelled to the area where interviews with the girls' parents and photos of the riot's aftermath were published on his website. His and other bloggers' work were a major reason that four Communist Party, local government and security officials were eventually fired for misuse of power.
2008 arrest
On August 14, 2008 Zhou was detained for just over an hour in his hometown in Hunan province. He was able to tweet what was happening as he was led out of the house then forced into a vehicle where he was driven back to his hometown of Meitanba. After his release, Zhou's computer was returned, but he was put under town arrest and is not allowed to leave Meitanba.
Yang Jia case
Zhou was critical of the impartiality of the court proceedings in the Yang Jia case and, along with others, signed an online petition demanding authorities investigate the causes of Yang Jia's murdering spree.