Category Archives: TW & C dramas

China Broadcasting Issues the 8 Decrees to Broadly Reorganize Entertainment Industry Including No Sissy Male Stars Onscreen and Cancelling Idol Making Shows

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I don’t even know where to start so I’ll just tackle each major new restriction as is. China Broadcasting on behalf of the government issued an 8-point decree this week intended to broadly restructure and also restrict what is seen on television and the behavior of stars and their fans. Shows will not be able to show “sissy men” or … Continue reading →

C-ent Reporter Spills the Tea on the Zhang Zhe Han Cancelled for Visiting Yasukuni Shrine Debacle and Explains How Additional Events Built Up to It

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How does a super popular actor lose 27 brand endorsements in one day. Even in China that’s still lightning speed. The way C-actor Zhang Zhe Han was cancelled was so astronomically fast and widespread many people have wondered if there was more going on than he visited Yasukuni Shrine (housing Japanese war criminals who committed atrocities against Chinese people) and … Continue reading →

Top C-actress and Producer Zhao Wei Also Cancelled After the Zhang Zhe Han Visits Yasukini Shrine Scandal Lit the Scrutiny on Her Prior Problematic Issues

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I think C-netizens have been waiting for this particular cancellation for a long time, 20 years to be exact. So it really was walking on eggshells if I were C-actress turned top producer and agency president Zhao Wei (Vicki Zhao). Today on August 26th C-netizens noticed that Zhao Wei’s videos have all been removed if it featured her and some … Continue reading →

Zhao Li Ying’s Fans Cause Mass Muting and Banning on SNS Accounts After Organizing Online Conflict Over Unhappiness With Her Rumored Drama Reunion with The Legend of Fei Costar Wang Yibo

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Man, I’ve long heard that popular drama C-actress Zhao Yi Ling has one of the worst fandoms in C-ent (if not the worst) but now it’s out in the open for the world to see. News leaked on August 22nd (2 days ago) that Zhao Li Ying and C-actor Wang Yibo will be reuniting for a new drama after working … Continue reading →

Yang Zi’s Fans Ecstatic with Her New Modern Drama Release The Oath of Love with Xiao Zhan After The Golden Hairpin is Confirmed to be Banned Due to Wu Yi Fan’s Arrest

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Summer is winding down and the beginning of September as kids get fully back into the swing of school there will be a new drama to hopefully inject some buzz into what has been a dull C-drama season so far. Even better is that it changes the bad mojos around popular C-actress Yang Zi who has been in the news … Continue reading →

Ode to Period C-drama Word of Honor, with Zhang Zhe Han’s Nuanced Performance and Gong Jun’s Charming Portrayal Created a Fresh Take on the Wuxia World

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I’ve had this post nearly written for months now and was just lackadaisical on finishing it for posting. So it’s with a heavy heart and a strange sense of serendipity over what has happened in one week to male lead Zhang Zhe Han in C-drama Word of Honor that I feel compelled to finish it as an ode to him. … Continue reading →

Zhang Zhe Han’s C-fans Desert Him En Masse and Industry Insiders Share Stories of His Previous Bad Attitude as Additional Pictures Unearthed of Him Doing the Nazi Salute and Other Questionable Conduct

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The last 48-hour Chinese speaking media entertainment news has been dominated by C-actor Zhang Zhe Han‘s past conduct of visiting Japanese WWII military war criminal enshrined Yasukuni Shrine and attending a wedding at Nagi Shrine which also venerates military figures involved in the Japanese invasion of China. He lost every single brand endorsement (close to 30) within 24-hours and he … Continue reading →

C-drama Adaptation of The Golden Hairpin Costing Over $45 Million USD in Production Costs Currently Banned From Airing After Male Lead Wu Yi Fan is Detained on Suspicion of Rape and Drug Distribution

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This may be a blessing in disguise in terms of timing, and honestly the sooner Wu Yi Fan is exposed and locked away the better as well. Upcoming C-drama adaptation of The Golden Hairpin (青簪行) based on the novel Recordings in a Hairpin (簪中录) was slated to be one of the most high profile and expensive productions to air this … Continue reading →

Wu Yi Fan Loses 14 Brand Deals in Two Days as Allegations Continue to Swirl Over his Sexual Misconduct as China Television Association Officially Bans Him

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I don’t know how Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu) will try to hardnose his way out of increasing allegations of being a sexual predator including drugging and rape. In the two days since a young woman named Du Mei Zhu publicly accused him of luring, drugging, and raping her, and claimed that he’s done so many times before with other … Continue reading →

Award Winning C-actress Zhou Dong Yu Lambasted by C-netizens as Unsuitable in Looks for Goddess Role in Her First Period Fantasy Drama Ancient Love Poety

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Okay, this story is making mainstream papers and really hitting a nerve so worth delving into. Last week the latest period fantasy C-drama (xianxia genre which means gods and wuxia combined) Ancient Love Poetry was released starring Zhou Dong Yu and Xu Kai. This is her first period C-drama role and she’s playing a mythical goddess in those typical xianxia … Continue reading →

Hit TW-drama Someday or One Day to be Remade into Historical Period Romance C-drama

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Hhhmmm, I don’t think I actually have a problem with this, the results are going to so different it won’t feel like a pointless endeavor remake. C-ent has bought the remake rights to critically acclaimed hit TW-drama Someday or One Day (Want to See You) with Alice Ke and Greg Hsu and is slated to remake it into a historical … Continue reading →

Marie Claire China Women in Power Night Assembles the Avengers of C-actresses Sun Li, Yang Mi, Liu Shi Shi, Tang Yan, Li Bing Bing, and Zhang Yu Qi in One Glorious Shot

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There are SO MANY new and young acting stars in C-ent it’s actually made me drop off most of my C-drama watching because there are no true stars (yet) in that generation which captivate me like the group which launched the mid-aughts. This year Marie Claire China held a Women in Power evening night out that clearly had the dress … Continue reading →

Highly Anticipated C-drama Adaptation of The Golden Hairpin Likely Gets Delayed Due to Scandal Around Kris Wu Cheating on Multiple Women

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Remember Mainland China has tons of censorship rights and requirements on its stars to be upstanding role models for the public? Yeah, that’s going to now bite one more misbehaving loutish star in the arse AND cause drama viewers frustration as well. The C-drama adaptation of The Golden Hairpin (青簪行 Qing Zhan Xing) was one of the highest profile C-dramas … Continue reading →