Asian Drama

A rash decision resulted in Gao Zhi Lei being a “shut-in”. He didn’t anticipate how his story would go in a completely different direction in the near future. A sequence of unfortunate events led Gao Zhi Lei to take on the responsibility of eldership in the family. The pressure of the world really struck him, and it was time to confront his own demons and begin with a fresh start.

Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

It tells the story of Ou Xiao An, an underground member of the Chinese Communist Party, who escaped from the Japanese army's biochemical poison gas research institute and joined forces with Tan Mo Qing to track down and reveal the secrets of the Japanese army's biochemical research and reveal the true face of Japanese spies.

Episodes: 40

Duration: 45 min

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday

Aired: Jun 29, 2024

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.

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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 drama continues from the first season of the Joy of Life trilogy, following the story of Fan Xian as he gains a stronghold in the court.

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

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

Ratings: 8.7

When Tang Chen's career was booming, he had to declare bankruptcy when he was "selled" by his girlfriend Shuo Bing. But soon he withdrew from the swamp of failure and actively devoted himself to the second venture. Sha Zhou, a good friend for many years, has an excellent writing style, but he has always been a depressed little reporter. With the persuasion of Tang Chen and the support of his wife, he was the first to join the entrepreneurial team.

According to the division of labor within the team, Tang Chen and Sha Zhou worked together to find Hou Zhi, Zhu Ran, and Bai Ying, and set up a gray whale public relations company. Tang Chen used his industry acumen for many years to actively search for customers, lead his partners to overcome difficulties, help pig feed magnate Xie Liqiang to build a public image, push the furious divine comedy, and win Feida's public relations contract.

However, in a confrontation with a competing company, Tang Chen discovered an unknown secret between Shuo Bing and Ye Shou Ru. With the concern of another identity, Tang Chen and Shuo Bing fell in love and killed each other, and after a few games, they finally understood Shuo Bing's seemingly ruthless choice.

In the end, the two teamed up to punish Ye Shou Ru, the culprit who caused Shuo Bing's father to commit suicide, and got back together. Every member of Grey Whale PR also realized their own value.

In the business world competing for orders from the bank and sprinting sales targets with the background of two major companies fighting the Chinese market.

A successful sales director is transferred to the company’s headquarters in Beijing together with his wife and trustworthy subordinate. There, he’s surrounded by pressures forced upon him by his new boss. He’s given an impossible sales target to reach and must win a big order from his competitor. Ironically, their sales leader was his first love.

Adapted from the novel 输赢 by Fu Yao.

Xu Yuan is a lazy but talented owner of an antique shop. One day, Ms. Mu Hu who comes from Japan bought along with a Buddha statue from the Tang Dynasty and told him about the secret behind the statue. After that, Xu Yuan is tangled with conspiracy and mystery surrounding the Buddha statue and Wu Mai clan.

Adapted from a novel with the same title by Ma Bo Yong.

A romance between Zhou Qiwen and Chen Ran who owns a dating app. Based on Jeff Chang's hit song from 27 years ago, the story depicts the feelings of people when they are in love, why they fall for each other and how they show their sincerity.

Based on Jeff Chang's hit song of the same name.

Go Fighting! is classified as a game-variety-reality show, and the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win the objective. Usually each episode will also have an over-arching theme or story. Each episode varies in the challenges and the instructions given to the MCs, and rules are not strictly enforced, resulting in a largely unscripted show.

Their team's ace captain Gao Qianhe works together with his good friend Zhao Cheng and other rescuers to complete the mission of saving lives in the face of a major catastrophe. An overturned drilling platform, a fuel truck swept downstream and a fully loaded passenger plane that has crashed into the sea requires immediate assistance. The team led by Gao Qian, pilot Fang Yuling and Zhao Cheng are always the first to respond to every emergency. Amidst raging fire and water, they repeatedly put their lives on the line to fight against natural and man-made disasters.

In the last years of the Tang Dynasty (late 9th to early 10th century), a military governor and warlord named Zhu Wen is out in the countryside when he happens to come across a boy who has been raised by wolves.

The warlord decides to take the boy in, adopt him, and name him Zhu You Wen. Zhu Wen then proceeds to launch an (ultimately successful) coup, usurping the Tang monarch and installing himself as the first Emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty (907-923). The new Emperor names Zhu You Wen as a royal prince.

At court, Zhu You Wen forms a bond with a woman named Ma Zhai Xing, the daughter of a government official.

Despite his lofty status at court, Zhu You Wen is motivated by a strong sense of justice that was instilled in him during his years of living in the wild. He and Ma Zhai Xing begin to form a romantic bond. And with her support, he plans to temper his adoptive father’s unpopular and overly strict reforms – and battles to foil a series of dastardly plans hatched by his scheming foster brothers.

Fan Xian is born in the ancient empire of Southern Qing with memories of the 21st century. He lives in a rural town as the illegitimate son of the Minister of Finance, raised by his grandmother. His mother, Ye Qing Mei, was once a celebrated inventor and the founder of the Overwatch Department, the country's spy network but was killed shortly after her son was born. Fan Xian has since been protected by a blind martial arts expert, Wu Zhu, his mother's bodyguard. He learned martial arts and the art of poison as a child, also assisted by his knowledge from the 21st century.

After an assassination attempt, he decides to venture into the capital to find out more about his mysterious mother and why anyone would want to kill him, as he perceives himself to be an unimportant person. He also wants to know why he has memories of a sharply different era. In the capital, he accidentally meets Lin Wan Er, the sickly illegitimate daughter of Princess Royal, and falls in love with her. Unbeknownst to him, she is the woman the emperor chose for him to marry so that he would be the new overseer of the Royal Treasury, an institute Fan Xian's mother established in the palace and currently handled by Princess Royal.

In the capital, however, he gets entangled in the intrigues of the Emperor and the two Princes, as well as the Overwatch Department, leading to him questioning his whole identity and inducing him to find his true life goals, abandoning his original intention to just "enjoy life".

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Adapted from the web novel “Qing Yu Nian” (庆余年) by Mao Ni (猫腻).

Episodes: 46

A story of laughter and tears that surrounds three different families in the journey of sending their children to study abroad.

Huang Cheng Dong is forced to accompany his only son Huang Xiao Dong to study in the US after his wife's visa was rejected. In his travels, he meets Lin Sa, a high ranking executive who gives up her career to marry into a rich family and accompanies her new stepdaughter Wu Dan Dan to study abroad. After a series of hilarious mishaps, Huang Cheng Dong learns that Liu Ruo Yu who was supposed to act as his son's guardian has run into troubles of her own leaving him no choice but to find a way to stay in the US. Three families of different backgrounds cross paths in a foreign country and experience many trials that test their relationships with their loved ones.

A story of laughter and tears that surrounds three different families in the journey of sending their children to study abroad.

Huang Cheng Dong is forced to accompany his only son Huang Xiao Dong to study in the US after his wife's visa was rejected. In his travels, he meets Lin Sa, a high ranking executive who gives up her career to marry into a rich family and accompanies her new stepdaughter Wu Dan Dan to study abroad. After a series of hilarious mishaps, Huang Cheng Dong learns that Liu Ruo Yu who was supposed to act as his son's guardian has run into troubles of her own leaving him no choice but to find a way to stay in the US. Three families of different backgrounds cross paths in a foreign country and experience many trials that test their relationships with their loved ones.

Xiao Yan is a genius child who suddenly loses all his powers. In a world governed by strength and power, Xiao Yan’s lack of talent is an embarrassment to his family. At the age of 15, Xiao Yan accidentally summons Yaochen (Baron Chen) from his mother’s ring. With the elder’s help, Xiao Yan’s skills improve by leaps and bounds. After his entire family is assassinated, Xiao Yan embarks on a journey to find his family’s killer and return peace to the Jianghu (martial world). ~~ Adapted from the xianxia novel Battle Through the Heavens written by Tian Can Tu Dou.

The road to becoming an empress is paved with treachery. Ruyi (Zhou Xun) is a consort who quickly learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the the royal court and move up the ranks.

After becoming Empress, Ruyi still must survive the many conspiracies against her. Her relationship with Emperor Qianlong (Wallace Huo) becomes eroded even when Ruyi is able to overcome the challenges.

Can Ruyi maintain her role as Empress under such difficult circumstances?

“Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Wang Jun. It is adapted from the novel Hou Gong Ru Yi Zhuan by Liu Lianzi and is a sequel to the critically acclaimed 2011 television drama “Empresses in the Palace.”

Duan Tianle heir to family riches tries to evade a match making attempt and took refuge in America only to have his purse strings cut. There he met Zhong Kuan Kuan a chocolatier who runs a struggling business whilst having to grapple with her father's gambling addiction. After free loading in her home, Duan Tianle is forced to return home to Shenzhen but later found his way back to America in pursuit of his love, the rich girl whom he was supposed to meet initially. Despite his dashing good looks, he was rejected but found a renewed bond with Zhong Kuan Kuan, who by now has attracted a new admirer. A turn of fortune forces Kuan Kuan and her father to return to China for a fresh start. Will their relationship turn out to be more than just friends once they return?

While investigating a case, Shen Lian becomes wrapped up in his own conspiracy. In order to prove his innocence, he teams up with Bei Zhai to clear his name before time runs out.

Can five modern Chinese women find the love and respect they seek in their middle-aged years? Chen Qing Xia is a retired model. Fiona is a high-level executive. Bi Ran is a translator. Catherine grew up overseas and works now as a media executive. Li Xiao Yi is the only woman in the group who is afraid to be alone. As the women deal with the heartache and heartbreak from their complicated relationships with men and family, can they find the happiness they seek?

After two years in the US, Na Na returns to Beijing and looks up old friend Song Qi An, now taking a postgraduate course in psychology. Na Na asks her about others from their group at university: ambitious You Feng now works in a technology company and is due to marry the daughter of the chairman, Yu Fei is now an up-and-coming actress, and Yang Zheng is now a journalist after wanting to become a film director. Na Na especially wants to know about Hong Rui, whom she always fancied, and learns his father went bankrupt and he himself is now lame from an accident and works on a building site.

Na Na, who was rumoured to have had mental treatment in the US, tells Song Qi An that another member of the group, Xiao Ai, who committed suicide at college, is haunting her. (Her belief in ghosts goes back to her childhood in the countryside, when a school friend, Yu Han, gave her a weird doll.) When Nana visits her old friends, they all react angrily to her mentioning Xiao Ai. Na Na remembers how, back in 2010, it was she who befriended Xiao Ai, a Chinese literature student, and brought her into the group. To her annoyance, Hong Rui had fallen for Xiao Ai, and when misfortunes started to happen, Na Na had blamed Xiao Ai as an evil influence. To settle the problem, the friends had played the ouija board-like game of Bixian, which revealed the name of Yu Han. After Na Na had exposed Xiao Ai as the grown-up Yu Han, Song Qi An had walked out, appalled; that evening, Xiao Ai had thrown herself off a college building. Back in the present day, members of the group now start getting killed by a ghostly presence.

A woman with magical powers still can’t make a man she loves fall in love with her. Xiao Wei is a demon fox who was raised as a human girl by Xia Lao along with his granddaughter Xia Bing. But when Xiao Wei unleashes her demon spirit and accidentally kills Xia Lao, she begins her life on the run. Xia Bing is devastated by the loss of her grandfather and swears she will track down Xiao Wei and get revenge. Meanwhile, Xiao Wei is taken in by a general Wang Sheng and his wife Pei Rong. But soon, Pei Rong begins to suspect that Xiao Wei is a demon in disguise and requests help from Pang Yong, who has always had feelings for Pei Rong, to help her. As Pang Yong begins to investigate Xiao Wei, he meets up with Xia Bing, and the two try to expose Xiao Wei with each other’s help. Xiao Wei falls in love with Wang Sheng but is unable to use her strong powers to win her heart. Angry by this, Xiao Wei casts a “painted skin” spell on Pei Rong to make the world believe that she is a demon.

It is adapted from the 2008 film by the same title, which also is loosely based on a classic short story from “Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio” by Pu Song Ling.