F rom epic period spectacles to the pull of contemporary romance, 2025 is shaping up to be a dazzling year for fans of ...

Audiences in Southeast Asia love Chinese micro series. In the US, interest in the format is picking up You have fast food and fast fashion, so why not fast soap operas? In our attention-deficit era of ...

ByteDance, owner of popular short-video app TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, has launched a short-drama app in Southeast Asia in an attempt to replicate the genre's success at home. Melolo, ...

HONG KONG — As U.S. television series produce longer and fewer episodes, a new genre from China is gaining American fans by going in the opposite direction. Known as minidramas, micro dramas or ...

The summer I was 8, I discovered Chinese dramas for the first time. I was at my grandmother’s house in Cincinnati, where my brother and I often spent part of our break. When my grandmother wasn’t ...

Sarah Moliski is a prolific villain in Chinese-style mini-dramas. Her characters have stolen sperm and arranged drunken abortions. She said that overcompensating on set, so people know she's a good ...