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Mark Chao and Zhang Zi Feng start on the path of Loving Strangers in new modern drama airing today!

Loving Strangers (秋雪漫过的冬天) is the Chinese remake of 2018’s Korean drama My Mister with Lee Sun Kyun and IU.

Synopsis Per Youku: This is a heartwarming, healing story about two people who meet at their lowest and slowly pull each other out of the mud. Zhou Yu’an grew up poor and is still paying off her father’s debts. Jiang Jiaqi is trapped in a failing home life and blocked at every turn at work. A brutal office power game throws these two strangers into the same storm. After CEO Gu Chen loses a key new-drug filing because Jiang Jiaqi spoke up, he hires Zhou Yu’an to push Jiang out. But what starts as a misunderstanding turns into real understanding. Zhou sees the gentlest side of Jiang, and Jiang finds comfort where he least expects it.

Even when life hits hard, they refuse to go down quietly. They hold each other up, face the mess head-on, and step out of the shadows together. With its cosy, uplifting tone, the series traces their journey from collision to connection, and leaves a simple and positive message: no matter how rough the road gets, keep hope alive, stay brave, and you can still reach a better tomorrow.

Airing 1/10~

The posters couldn’t look any happier!

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A Mature Romance between Wallace Huo and Zhu Zhu in modern drama Why Is He Still Single?

Why Is He Still Single? (他为什么依然单身) is a remake of Japanese drama He Who Can’t Marry (結婚できない男) starring Abe Hiroshi back in 2006.

Synopsis per Wetv: A story about a man who seems eccentric but is, in truth, kindhearted, and how the world ultimately accepts him. Through the portrayal of a man with extreme quirks, the film delivers endless humor and sharp banter while prompting reflection on human nature and our relationship with the world. He’s a man who loves life but, in his forties, declares himself a “non-marrier”. Is he the adored male idol surrounded by admirers, or the straight man women steer clear of? Is it that he doesn’t want to marry, or can’t? When this quirky bachelor finally meets the woman of his dreams, how will he handle it and will he win her heart in the end? As the saying goes, “There is no fixed flavor in food; what suits the taste is the best”. Likewise, there’s no man who truly refuses marriage, only one who hasn’t yet met the right match.

Airing 11/16~

Isn’t it nice the guys finally get asked this question too? keke

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Chinese Remake of Extraordinary You: One Day in July with Shen Yue and Chen Shi Cheng begins filming

Released in 2019, Korean drama Extraordinary You is adapted from the webtoon “July Found by Chance” by Moo Ryoo. Now we get a Chinese remake! I might not be used to Shen Yue in long hair so I didn’t recognize her until a second glance.

Synopsis Per Wiki: The series follows high school girl Eun Dan-oh (Kim Hye-yoon) who is a student at a prestigious academy. One day, by chance, she discovers that the world she lives in is a fantasy world of comics. She and everyone else are merely characters in a comic book entitled Secret,[c] all under the authority of their omnipotent and omniscient Writer. Dan-oh is only an extra character and, worse, the Writer gave her a lame set-up: she is engaged to her long-time crush who despises her, and she has a heart disease and is expected to die soon.

Not satisfied with this fate, Dan-oh decides to forge her own destiny by changing the story’s plot and finding her own true love. Her hopes of freeing herself from the Writer’s control becomes stronger than before when she unexpectedly meets nameless Student Number 13 (Rowoon). But as the events around Dan-oh and Number 13, whom she named as Haru, gradually start to have parallels with the Writer’s previous work Neungsohwa,[d] changing her destiny could have a price to pay.

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With almost zero promotion, Chinese Remake of Korean drama W begins airing with Zhao Yao Ke and Chang Bin

Next Stop Your World (下一站你的世界) is adapted from the Korean drama W with Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jong Suk which aired in 2016. The story follows our female lead who finds herself in her father’s webtoon, meeting and falling in love with the main character.

Not sure what the production is doing here, I’m scratching my head at their barely-there approach to promoting this drama. Coming from a highly popular Kdrama, the weibo home page has exactly 2 trailers and 2 posters. Lol. Is it because each episode is only around 10-11 minutes long so they don’t think it’s worth to foot out the money for advertisements? Hoping it would be a sleeper hit type of drama?

Begins airing 2/16~

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Li Lan Di and Lin Yi set to break your hearts in If There is Still Time Left

If There is Still Time Left (如果还有时间) stars Li Lan Di and Lin Yi in a heart-breaking romance. Some sources say it’s adapted from 2014’s Japanese drama Boku no Ita Jikan aka The Hours of My Life (僕のいた時間) with Miura Haruma and Tabe Mikako. Our leads are both university students awaiting for their graduation. The two young people constantly face difficulties as they transition into the working population but eventually grow to understand and develop feelings for each other. When everything seems fine and smooth sailing, our hero is met with a fatal diagnosis…he has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). With the average life expectancy between 2-5 years, our hero struggles with the sudden blow. With the love, support, and encouragement from friends and families, he’s able to look ahead and live life to the fullest till the end.

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F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers with Tontawan Tantivejakul, Vachirawit Chivaaree, and Jirawat Sutivanisak has started to air

Are you ready to watch this story for the Xth time? 🤭 After a year of wait (they dropped the first trailer this time last year), the latest drama adaptation of manga Hana Yori Dango is here. Female lead is from a poor family who gets accepted into a rich prestigious school out of luck. She bumps head with the leader of F4, a group formed by the four richest families. They bully and leave a wake of unhappy souls around until our heroine confronts the leader, making him smitten with her audacious attitude while she has eyes for his quiet best friend.

Began airing 12/18~

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Boss And Me: Thai Remake with Aom Sushar and Push Puttichai

Here it is…Thai slowly remaking the popular Cdramas and this time, it’s Boss and Me (杉杉来了); the original aired in 2014 with Zhao Li Ying and Zhang Han. This has been postponed since June of this year so I was surprised to see the airdate dropped so fast. It is based on a novel written by Gu Man. Original Synopsis: Feng Teng (Push Puttichai) is a rich heir and the president of a giant conglomerate. He has a younger sister, Feng Yue, with a very rare blood type. Therefore, he recruits Shan Shan (Aom Sushar), who shares the same blood type as Feng Yue, into the company to be a blood donor. Interesting anecdotes occur when Feng Teng intentionally tries to fatten up Shan Shan, who loves eating. As Feng Teng gets to know Shan Shan, he discovers her innocence and kind heart beyond her clumsy nature, and falls in love with her. [Credit: Wiki]

Airing 11/11~

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Hug You Through Lies: Chinese remake of Taiwanese drama with Tang Min and Liu Yu Han

Hug You Through Lies (穿过谎言拥抱你) is a remake of 2007’s Taiwanese drama My Lucky Star with Jimmy Lin and Yoo Ha Na. The story follows our heroine who poses as a jewelry con artist to trick people into buy fake expensive jewelries. She meets our hero – a spoiled rich young master of a jewelry company who ran away after stealing a precious necklace from his family. They become friends and he also happens to be the only person who believes her when she’s telling the truth and encourages her to step out of her past mistakes and pursue a career as a jewelry designer. She, in turn, helps him see the value of jewelries and his family’s hard work.

I do not recognize the male lead at all but he was in Twelve Legends and Love Like White Jade this past year.

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