Shi Ping

I find Shi Ping fascinating precisely because his life took such a hard turn. Here's a guy who came up through Peking University, one of China's most prestigious schools, and then decided to throw his lot in with Japan, naturalizing and building a whole second life there. That kind of nerve gets my respect. He's got a reputation as a blunt, no-holds-barred commentator on TV and in print, but what I think makes him land harder than the average loud talker is that there's real scholarship underneath the noise. The 2014 Yamamoto Shichihei Prize tells me people take his writing seriously, not just his hot takes. Opinions that sharp inevitably make enemies, but I genuinely admire anyone who plants their flag and keeps swinging for what they believe.

Shi Ping (born January 30, 1962) is a Japan-based Chinese-born author, political commentator, and politician who graduated from Peking University. He is known for his outspoken commentary on Chinese politics and Sino-Japanese relations through television appearances and numerous published works. In 2014 he received the Yamamoto Shichihei Prize, one of Japan's distinguished awards for contributions to cultural and intellectual discourse.

Name (English)

Shi Ping

Name (Japanese)

石平

Reading

せき へい

Born

January 30, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger (寅)

Origin

Japan (prefecture unknown)

Occupation

Author / Political Commentator / Politician

University

Peking University

Awards & achievements

• 2014 — Yamamoto Shichihei Prize

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.seki-hei.com/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%B9%B3%20(%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96%E5%AE%B6)

Tags

• Author
• Commentator
• Politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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