Chinese TV series have created a solid niche for themselves in the international network of drama fans. Mainland China's most famous television series include historical dramas and fantasies, many of ...

In recent years, China has sought to export more of the country's TV and film productions to other markets, and the appetite for it is real. This year's Ne Zha 2, for example, surpassed $2 billion at ...

The “contract marriage” trope is a popular theme in many Chinese dramas, both old and new. It usually begins with two people agreeing to a fake or temporary marriage for a specific reason like ...

Let’s be real, The First Frost isn’t reinventing the wheel. Ex-classmates and forced cohabitation are classic C-drama comfort food, but actor Bai Jingting and actress Zhang Ruonan make it work. Bai’s ...

Artsy film critics are unlikely to be impressed by China’s micro-dramas. Even so, the roughly two-minute episodes, which cram soap-opera plots into a short-video format, are wildly popular. Watched ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...