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Xia Zhou is a Chinese writer who studied and lived in Australia and the United States but has always written in Chinese.

He likes the beauty of the Chinese language and feels that writing in his mother tongue is very natural.

Xia Zhou's works are mostly short stories, and he also writes some poetry.

His short story collection "The White Parrot Wearing a Crown" tells stories of young people living and growing up in different countries, such as Shanghai, Sydney, New York, London, Tokyo, and Seoul.

Xia Zhou says that young people today have many ways to entertain themselves, like watching movies and playing games, so fewer people read books.

But he believes that good movies and games cannot do without literature.

Xia Zhou also says that many overseas Chinese-language writers, although living abroad, love the Chinese language and like to express their ideas in Chinese.

Their stories often describe the lives and challenges of immigrants in new environments.

Although "overseas Chinese-language writer" is a label, for Xia Zhou, the most important thing is to write stories sincerely and find readers who like his work.