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

Song Xiao Yu awoke inside a story that was not hers. Each time she chose another man or sought another fate, the world corrected her with relentless deaths. Around her, people moved within narrow ...

Leading Chinese production companies, including Linmon, Drama Apple, Xixi, and Youhug revealed their latest projects on the second day of the Asia content market. By Abid Rahman International Editor, ...

Chinese costume dramas are gaining immense popularity on Southeast Asia's streaming platforms, driven by polished production ...

Micro dramas, known for wild plots and vertical, bite-sized videos, made headlines in China in 2024 as the industry surpassed the country's box-office revenue for the first time. The micro drama ...

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 ...

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 ...

When competition overheats, some Chinese companies opt to chuhai, or “go out to sea,” and many micro-drama producers are eager to expand the genre’s international appeal. At one point, my friend was ...

In China, micro drama companies are harnessing AI to create shows at jaw-dropping speed and cost - often with the help of lavish subsidies Vigloo, a South Korean micro drama production company, has ...

My partner recently confessed something to me about his screen-time habits: When he’s giggling at his phone, he’s often watching short English-language soap operas that have begun showing up on his ...