In Asian dramas, just like in cosmetics, there is more than Korea to love. Even if the big majority of dramas I watch are Korean, I also save some time for Japanese and Taiwanese dramas, while Chinese dramas recently gained a special place in my heart. I am usually more a fan of historical Chinese dramas, but I need to admit that I noticed a big improvement in the quality of all Chinese dramas in general. A few years ago, every good drama from China was most certainly coming from Taiwan, and movies were from Hong Kong, as both locations were a bit of the Chinese Hollywood.
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But recently I discovered some new Modern Chinese (mainland China) dramas, and it was love at first sight. Chinese dramas, as compared to Korean dramas for example, have multiple pros and cons. Chinese Modern dramas (meaning set in the modern days) are usually longer that Korean ones, I would say an average of 30 episodes versus 16 for Korean dramas, which for me is rather a weakness as longer dramas tend to drag a bit.
Just like in Korean dramas, the main female lead is usually your sweet and naive girl next door, with a few notable exceptions of strong modern working women. Just like in Korean dramas, there is a lot of eye-candy going on, and I admit that some actors such as, or Hu Ge totally stole my heart, but the female leads are equally beautiful and refined. In Chinese dramas, both Modern and Historical, you will also find love triangle (or squares sometimes), evil ex or evil step-mothers (less of them in Chinese dramas thought!), and of course romantic love that will make all you teeth fall from sweetness overload. One thing I find quite different in Modern Chinese dramas as compared to Korean, is that they tend to portrait more violent relationships, obsessive-compulsive disorder in male leads and maybe a bit more “skinship”.
I think that the love stories are somehow more intense in Chinese Dramas, more like “I die without you” type of obsessive love which spices up a bit the fairy-tale. I also like watching Modern Chinese dramas, to discover new cities and new food (I feel I am familiar with Seoul by now, and I can’t look at Kimchi anymore unless it’s in my plate). So let’s jump to my as usual subjective, top 5 best Modern Chinese dramas. • No*5 Pictures from “Boss and Me” a 2014 BTV drama. ‘Boss and Me’ is your typical sweet love, poor girl/rich guy story. That’s sometimes EXACTLY what we want, right? (or it’s just me?).
‘Boss and Me’ is a story about a young girl who has some super rare blood type, that happens to be the same blood type as the sister of a ridiculously rich young CEO of his self-created company. His company has a non-written policy to favour the recruitment of people with this same blood type, you know – just in case the precious sister is sick or has an accident and needs blood. Sounds a bit gloomy? Well relax, it’s not some perverted vampire story. It’s a hilarious comedy that follows Xue Shan Shan, a slightly silly and naive young girl, who lands the job of her dreams thanks to her super rare blood type. Once in the company, she falls in love and receives love back and everything is just sweet and beautiful.
Even if since probably episode 1, you know exactly how the story will go and how it will finish, it is just one of these dramas that will make you smile like a silly person to you computer, drool a bit from all the eye candy, and simply make you happy! One warning though, the main female lead eats a lot! Like all-the-time (note: the alternative title of this drama is “Shan Shan comes to eat”) so don’t watch it hungry! I think I pretty much gained 2-3 kg by the time I finished this drama.