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Three-Body Conundrum: Why Liu Cixin’s Trilogy Defies Adaptation
Three-Body’s epic scale and its fiercely guarded fan base present challenges to adaptations
Podcast | How China’s Micro-Dramas Spread At Home and Abroad
What‘s it like working in China’s micro-drama industry as producers and apps spread the ultrashort format abroad?
TV Show Highlights the Lives of Professional Hostesses
A popular thriller set in 1980s Taiwan humanizes the women behind a difficult and stigmatized profession
Sister Act
Hit talent show featuring ‘older’ women may not be feminist—but viewers are ready to forgive
Love for Boys’ Love
Unrealistic portrayals of gay men in straight women’s fantasies raise questions for LGBT representation in media
Five Most Typecast Chinese Actors
Besides unoriginal plots and characters, some Chinese shows even reuse actors
Top Reality Show of 2018: Dunk of China
The smash-hit variety show combined basketball with pop culture to lure millions into watching
Hair Razing
Two recent dramas offer new explanations to why the wife of Emperor Qianlong cut her hair—and got herself banished from court
Meteroic Flop
Netflix remake of beloved teen drama slammed for slavish devotion to “socialist values”
New Variety Shows of Spring 2018
Celebrities singing, celebrities cooking, celebrities raising kids—oh, and some street dancers too
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