Chasing Dramas

• In the Know - 2025 CDrama Recap

  Zhao Lu Si's Love's Ambition was 2025's top Cdrama both in terms of popularity on Tencent and overall views per episode. We recap what were the other top Chinese dramas this year though we note that the quality and popularity of these dramas lagged prior years.

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• Joy of Life S2 - Ep 21+22: The Emperor's Master Plan

  In episodes 21 + 22 of Joy of Life S2, Fan Xian ensures some fairness for this years Spring Exam results. However, just as he thought all was clear, the conniving He Zong Wei appears with a mysterious woman who accuses Chancellor Lin with the murder of her husband. Fan Xian must confront these accusations only to find that everyone was but a pawn in the Emperor's master plan.

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• Dec 2025 - Chinese Drama Update - Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty 3, Love on the Turquoise Land, Love and Crown and more!

  Nov/Dec 2025 Chinese dramas currently airing include season 3 of the gruesome but thrilling Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty: To Chang An which has dominated the streaming charts in November. Dilraba brings us her new modern day supernatural drama, Love on the Turquoise Land alongside Chen Xing Xu. Ren Jia Lun and Peng Xiao Ran starred in Love In Crown but no one really watched it. Chen Xiao stars in Legend of the Magnate in this late Qing dynasty journey.

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• Joy of Life S2 - Ep 20: Stopping Systematic Cheating

  Fan Xian swaps out candles, water and even builds new latrines to ensure the safety of the students for the Spring exam. He also inspects the officials who are evaluating the exam papers to prevent them from enacting various cheats. However, after all that, there is still one person's paper who was swapped.

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• In the Know - Unique features in Chinese social media apps

  X / Twitter caused quite an uproar recently with enabling the feature to disclose the location of the where the post originated. Interestingly, that feature has been a staple of all Chinese social media apps for a few years. Listen to our latest podcast episode on the 2 main unique features of Chinese social media application that meant a completely different viewing and engagement experience between posters and viewers. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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