Archive for 'China'
Demi Gods & Semi Devils
Tian Long Ba Bu is an adaption of a Jin Yong novel of the same name. The epic centers around the Beggar Leader Qiao Feng, the Dali Prince Duan Yu and the Shaolin Monk Xu Zhu. Each of their stories are interweaved throughout the show and finally clash and join at the climax of the [...]
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Return of the Condor Heroes 2006
Adapted from the novel by Jin Yong, this is a sequel to Legend of Condor Heroes and a prequel of sorts to Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre. The story concerns the adventures of Yang Guo, an orphaned boy in a mid-13th Century China.
From his humble beginnings, the street wise Yang Guo gets passed around from [...]
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The Last Night of Madam Chin
Set in Shanghai in the 1930s / 1940s, the drama follows the story of a dance hostess, Chin Zhao Li, and the 3 important men in her life.
Due to family poverty, Chin Zhao Li was forced to become a dance hostess at the infamous Paramount dance hall in Shanghai when she was 18 years old. [...]
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iPartment
Ipartment (《爱情公寓》), the Chinese version of the hit American TV comedy Friends, has been broadcast by Jiangxi Satellite TV since August 6. It has made audiences laugh until they cry because the scripts are littered with popular jokes from the Internet. It has also added a touch of detective and horror-story elements often found on [...]
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Da Guo Yi
The Guo family has been practicing bone setting for over 200 years and has never lacked for male successors to pass down its long tradition of skillful healing. However, fourth generation descendant Guo Yi Shan has run into such a problem after the deaths of his two wives leaves him with only a young daughter. [...]
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He was Cool
Zhi Yin Sheng is the popular leader of the dance trio “San Jian Sheng” (The Three Musketeers) and is admired by everyone at school. Yet he is also pompous and arrogant. Han Qian Hui is a simple but loving girl. After seeing an inflammatory post about girls online, she quickly wrote an equally biting note [...]
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Dreams Link
Zi Ling is a dreamer who has always been overshadowed by her perfect older sister Lu Ping. For a long time, she’s secretly been in love with Chu Lian, who also happens to be Lu Ping’s boyfriend. Lu Ping is busy with her own dream of becoming a successful professional dancer and has little time [...]
Jiro Wang
Triple