Now that I have quite a number of Chinese dramas behind my back and a huge bucket list of them on my watchlist, I reached a point where I get to write about some of the most specific cultural actions…
Most people start learning a language for several reasons that cover personal or business interest, celebrity-crush or pop-culture or simply because they want to study or relocate to China. I’ve had those reasons for 9 years already and they still…
In my journey in exploring Chinese drama there is one connection I couldn’t miss making after being in touch with two very different formats which originate from the same place namely China. As I’ve mentioned before I came to Chinese…
There is one particular image from the 2026 Grammys that I just can’t get over since I saw it. It is of one of my favored models from years back Heidi Klum barely walking on the red carpet in a…
I’ll skip explaining what long-form C-drama is in the textbook way, because if you’re here you’ve probably already watched one, maybe several, and you don’t need me telling you what a 40-episode historical drama is. But digging into the genre…
I’ll skip the formalities and the statistics of how successful micro-drama is and what it actually is because if you’ve landed here you probably already know it, and I don’t want to waste space for information that is already out…
There is one particular feeling which I am addicted to and every single time I get to experience it is as soul shattering as the first time I was lucky to have it. It is a millisecond between grabbing the…
I wouldn’t be me, if after a few dramas in, I didn’t try to go wider. Past the first one, over the hyped up actors and further by the algorithm’s suggestion. I know there is a whole world in there,…
There is one particular scene in “Our Generation” that I keep coming back to, and for a while I couldn’t quite explain why. Lin Qile goes to find Jiang Qiao Xi at his school and he just walks past her.…
After the strong impression “Pursuit of Jade” left on me along with actor Zhang Linghe, I decided to check a few more of his productions. One of the most recommended was “The Best Thing” (爱你). Honestly, it sounded a bit…