 Shortly after Zhou's arrival in Wuhan, he convinced the Nationalist government to approve and fund a Communist newspaper, "Xinhua ribao" ("New China Daily"), justifying it as a tool to spread anti-Japanese propaganda.This newspaper became a major tool for spreading Communist propaganda, and the Nationalists later viewed its approval and funding as one of their "biggest mistakes".Zhou was successful in organizing large numbers of Chinese intellectuals and artists to promote resistance against the Japanese.