Asian Drama

In June 1993, the transnational cooperation between Donghai Chemical and Luoda Company was in full swing. Song Yun Hui, the key person behind the joint venture with Donghai, is leading the workers of Pengyang, a factory inferior to Donghai in all aspects, to begin its process of reform. Despite the difficulties in narrowing the gap between the two companies, Yunhui continues to adhere to his original intentions.

Lei Dong Bao leads Dengfeng Electric and merges with small factories to establish a cluster. He sets rules, finds investments, engages in foreign trade, and experiences the reality of human relationships. Nonetheless, he makes sure to always put the interests of the people first.

Yang Xun and Liang Si Shen are working together to build a shopping mall. In the midst of things, Liang Si Shen tries her best to balance Luoda's and Donghai's interests. The two gradually open their hearts in their cooperation to face future challenges hand in hand. With ups and downs along the way, the situation is constantly changing, but what remains unchanged are the courageous dream chasers who continue to work hard.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 33

Duration: 45 min.

Set against the backdrop of massive economic growth in the 1990s, it follows A Bao, a self-made millionaire and his journey from being a young opportunist with a troubled past to accumulating dazzling wealth in the city of Shanghai. It also follows his entanglement with four women who represent the pursuits of his life: adventure, honour, love and innocence.

(Source: Screen Daily)

Adapted from the novel Wang De Nv Ren Shei Gan Dong (王的女人谁敢) by Jin Yucheng.

Episodes: 30

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

The five ladies on the 22nd floor of the Ode to Joy community face new challenges and opportunities in their careers, lives and relationships.

Ye Zhen Zhen and Dai Wei really hit it off but given how devoted she is to scientific research, she is inevitably caught in all kinds of criticism at work and the tug-of-war between the two families. Fang Zhi Heng gradually walks out of the shadows of her past thanks to her lovely group of friends. Zhu Zhe may have a difficult boss, but she believes there is no road that is forever blocked and there will be opportunities for ordinary people to shine. He Min Hong experiences more setbacks and under the influence of her boyfriend, she drifts away from the girls. Yu Chu Hui focuses on work and she's no longer as confused as she once was after graduation. The 22nd floor is like a safe haven. Although there will be disputes and doubts among the five ladies, they have each other's backs.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Episodes: 37

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Cinematographer: Sun Shao Hua [孙少华]

A female surgeon who has practiced medicine abroad for many years returns to China. She is appointed as the director of the Heart Center of Ankang Hospital where she establishes a critical illness team and heads the project to develop artificial hearts domestically. Most people could not accept that Tang Jia Yu has come out of nowhere to become their boss. Nonetheless, she kept on proving herself through a series of difficult operations to conquer her subordinates one by one. As the chief surgeon, Jia Yu has come to develop a good rapport with anaesthesiologist Ye Yi Ming from the many times that they've worked together on the operating table. In the meantime, the operation for the first patient to receive an artificial heart turns out to be a failure. The sudden return of Jia Yu's ex-husband has prevented Jia Yu and Yi Ming's relationship from taking a step further. A proposal for a cooperation with foreign equipment manufacturers is being brought up again, thus pulling the plug on the R&D for artificial hearts.

After experiencing double troughs in her career and love life, Jia Yu has no choice but to travel far to areas with high incidence of congenital heart disease. Through every operation, she gradually regains her love for surgery and the confidence to return to the hospital.

A story about grassroots efforts follows Mei Xiaoge and his colleagues uniting the people to develop Guangming County.

On the eve of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Mei Xiao Ge takes office as the governor of Guangming County and becomes colleagues with Lv Qingshan, Secretary of the County Party Committee and Ai Xian Zhi who's the Deputy Secretary. At this time, Guangming County is in urgent need of repair and development.

With his high EQ, Mei Xiao Ge manages to get along well with his colleagues to smoothen out issues that may arise from new governance; he also has the courage to see things through to the end no matter how difficult. Upon taking office, he starts off on a journey to travel across hundreds of villages in Guangming County.

After being elected as the secretary of the county party committee, Mei Xiao Ge commits to promoting deepening reforms among cadres. He persists in pushing the concept of green development, ensuring people's livelihood while protecting the environment, and improving education in the county. With the efforts of the county party committee, Guangming County finally realizes its ideal to rise above poverty and to develop healthily. Young cadres are also growing through experience and training, tearing down invisible barriers between the cadres and the masses.

A 14-year-old junior high school boy who likes astronomy was forced to practice piano all the time by his single father. Suddenly an alien appeared in the boy's bedroom, completely changing the lives of the boy and his father.

Shen Yu and Gu Xiao Wei both fell in love with the rich, artistical, and talented boy Hua Wei Lin. But because of a sudden family problem, Hua Wei Lin was forced to drop out of university, lost the opportunity to receive higher education, and embarked early society. Huawei Lin's rough life has always affected the hearts of these two women. Shen Yu still married him and started a family despite the opposition of her parents, and lived a hard life. For this reason, Gu Xiaowei closed the door of her feelings, starting a business alone, but relying on commercial success. She silently helped the family of Shen Yu and Hua Wei Lin, year after year, until they established a solid foundation and lived a well-off life. And Gu Xiaowei’s emotional problems have always affected Hua Wei Lin and Shen Yu. They tried their best to help Gu Xiaowei find the other half of her life. Finally, they were sincere and knocked away her frozen heart, letting her learn to let go. In the end, she found her own happiness.

Mainland-born Liang Huan came to Hong Kong with her daughter Li You Hao in the 1980s to be reunited with her husband, Li Gao Shan. However, he dies unexpectedly leaving Liang Huan to fend for her late husband's teahouse.

The widowed Liang Huan remains indomitable amidst adversity. Fortunately, she has the help of Li Gao Shan's friends, Luo Yi Tong and Lao Jin, as well as the support of the teahouse staff. During Hong Kong's return to China in 1997, the new generation represented by Li You Hao, Luo Zi Liang, Luo Zi Kang, Lao Yong Yi, Lao Yong An and Xie Lang Geng have all grown up to become members of society.

They experience the height of the Asian financial crisis, the SARS epidemic, and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. They continue to persevere and exhibit the spirit of Lion Rock when it comes to their career, their future and their relationships. They not only focus on developing business in Hong Kong but have also expanded their teahouse business to Mainland China with the belief that as long as Hong Kong is united with the motherland, Hong Kong will surely usher in a better future.

Tells of two groups of people stuck in a time loop where they keep returning to the beginning of a day or incident.

In part one, Li Shi Qing experiences death over and over again on a bus, with each loop sending her back to the bus and back in time. To get off the bus, she accidentally dragged fellow passenger Xiao He Yun into the time loop. The two must try everything to make sure the bus gets to its destination safely to close the time loop.

Unbeknownst to them, Song Bo Dao is a delivery man also stuck in a separate but connected time loop. He is tasked with finishing his deliveries for the day, but for some reason can never deliver all of them, especially a package to someone called Xiao He Yun. Along the way, he finds pets and people in need of help, and helps them over and over again every day. One of them is writer Qin Rou Rou, who is immediately taken by his story and decides to help him decipher the solution to the time loop. They begin to date and fall back in love every day as he delivers her cat food to her and re-tells her their story.

Adapted from the novel "Kai Duan" (开端) by Qi Dao Jun (祈祷君).

A story that aims to highlight real problems revolving around mental health in the modern-day told from the perspective of a female psychologist. Because of a public service announcement (PSA) for suicide intervention, He Dun encounters a huge blow in her career as a psychologist. Feeling low, she goes out for a meal with her best friend where she accidentally runs into Jia Hui and Qian Kai Yi. Qian Kai Yi is the host of a radio program that deals with emotional psychology. Under his insistence, He Dun collaborates with him on the show.

As the radio program picks up, He Dun's counselling clinic becomes busier by the day. At this time, her teacher Ji Mingcong becomes involved in a scandal and in trying to get to the bottom of things, she discovers a secret about him that nobody knows. Alas, problems come one after another - He Dun's best friend is caught in a conflict between a third-party and her father, her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, what's worse, she discovers that Jiahui used her to get back at Ji Ming Cong. He Dun's sleepwalking relapses while a painful experience as a child that has long become a dusty memory comes to mind once more. Can the female psychologist untie the knot that has been in her heart for so many years?

Adapted from a novel of the same name by Bi Shu Min.

As the only true immortal who possesses pure essence energy, Shang Gu has spent countless lifetimes acting as the head of the four true immortals of the ancient world. The four most powerful beings in existence, these true immortals have become gods in the eyes of the mortals who constantly beseech them for help.

When commoners encounter difficulties, they will pray to the Gods, but what if Gods meet obstacles? It tells the deep love and hardship between two of the four true Gods, Bai Jue and Shang Gu.

Adapted from the novel "Ancient God" (上古) by Xing Ling (星零).

It tells the story of villagers from Ningxia who migrated and built Minning Town from scratch.

The government wants to build the rural housing land, and encourages the farmers of Xiji Country to migrate or relocate. However, the conditions of the desert is too harsh. The villagers who moved there mostly left the second day. Ma Defu uses every ways to mobilize everybody to Diao Zhuang, and tries his best to get the villagers to stay. In 1966, the the Party Central Committee made a strategic plan to promote counterpart cooperation between the East and the West, which identified Fujian counterparts to promote poverty alleviation work in Ningxia. Fujian experts came to the village to teach the villagers to grow mushrooms, so that everyone was able to earn their first pot of gold. They then tried their best to find a market for the mushrooms. The workers in Fujian encouraged and promoted the export of labor services in Ningxia, and actively created conditions for the villagers to go to Fujian to work. Poverty alleviation policies have blossomed in all directions, and Minning Town has begun to take shape. Zhang Shucheng took the post of the Secretary of the Party Committee of Minning Town. While continuing the three-level water pumping project, he also strengthened the export of labor services and attracted investments. The appearance of Minning Town was given a new look, and more and more villagers signed up for relocation. As time passes, Minning Town was given a new lease of life.

Story of two best friends Lu Ke and Shen Si Yi, who has contrasting personalities but are each other's closest friends. Their relationship broke down during graduation but nine years later they meet and reconcile. The two encouraged each other, faced difficulties, and overcome the setbacks in work and life together.

A loose adaptation of American TV series "Gossip Girl".

Several years ago, the emperor secretly ordered the hero Li Hui to form a mountain stronghold consisting of bandits in order to keep the pugilist world under control. His daughter, Li Jin Rong, leads the stronghold after Li Hui's death and gives birth to Zhou Fei after marrying scholar Zhou Yi Tang. Zhou Fei's attempts at escaping have always ended in failure, though Li Jin Rong allows her daughter to go and experience the world outside after her 16th birthday. She meets Xie Yun again after he saves her from drowning during her first escape attempt, and they embark on an adventurous journey through Wulin together.

Adapted from the novel Bandits by Priest.

A married woman suddenly finds out that her happy life is a facade, and began to dig out the web of lies surrounding her.

It follows a pair of twin sisters in a story about the rush of first love, a resigned separation, an unwavering companionship and love without regrets.

Hua Mujin grew up during the chaotic era of the five dynasties and the ten states. As a child, she and her younger twin sister Hua Jinxiu were sold as slaves to the powerful Yuan Family. They are sent on the road with three other children - Yu Feiyan, Song Minglei, Yao Biying and the five take a vow of friendship to always care for each other.

In order to thrive in their new environment, Hua Mujin willingly throws herself to hard labor to build a better future for her brothers and sisters. She uses the techniques inherited from her father and relies on her intelligence to help the Yuan Family rise to glory.

Four men with extraordinary talents and position make a mark in her colorful life - Song Minglei whom she looks up to as an older brother, the pure and loving Yuan Feijue, the androgynous Duan Yuerong and the love of her life, Yuan Feibai.

The drama is shot from the perspective of women and tells a story about finding light in the darkness and embracing hope in motherhood.

Lin Xu Zhi is a woman who doesn’t have a past. She was adopted and is still scarred from being abandoned by her birth mother. She’s an elementary school teacher that realizes one of her female students is receiving abuse from her mother. Her maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. In caring for the young girl, named Xiao Ou, two broken souls find solace in each other.

He … the leader of a dangerous bikers gang.

She … a prostitute willing to give everything to get her freedom back.

They meet each other while he’s on the run, escaping the bloody gang war that shakes his entourage.

Both in a dead end.

Together, they are willing to play one last time and gamble their destiny.

A train station in South China.

Death around the corner.

Let the manhunt begin…

The film revolves around a girl who is being bullied at school and her relationship with a tough street kid, with whom she is implicated in the murder of a teenage girl.

Based on the novel Young & Beautiful by Jui Yue Xi.

Buried by treacherous conditions at the top of Mt. Baekdu, a policeman must brave the extreme weather until his transfer comes through. When a group of thieves stumbles into the station in search of safe shelter, both sides must fight for survival in this stylish action-packed thriller.

Luo Hong Wu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled 12 years earlier. As memories of an enigmatic and beautiful woman resurface - a woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget - Luo Hong Wu begins his search for her. Past and present, reality and dream interweave in Bi Gan's stunningly beautiful and highly innovative film noir.

An empress commissions a painting of herself from a Fresh outsider in hopes of stirring her husband's interest in this lavish period piece. The Lady in the Portrait is a period yarn evoking the unique rapport between a French missionary and the Manchurian Empress whose portrait he's ordered to paint.

Leader of an all-female gang in a vocational school, YangBei Bing challenges her members to raid the male locker room. While doing so, she discovers her childhood friend Yu Yi in the shower and starts having feelings for him. However, Bei Bing later learns that Yu Yi has a crush on a Southern Chinese girl, Zi Wei, making Zi Wei her love rival.

Assassinator Jing Ke is a 2004 Chinese television series based on a semi-fictional story of the assassin Jing Ke, who, in 227 BC, attempted to kill Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Directed by Raymond Lee, the series starred Liu Ye as the titular protagonist, with Peter Ho, Zheng Jiayu, Zhang Tielin, Shao Bing and Zhai Ying playing supporting roles.