The 30 episode recut of the Tencent adaptation of Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem
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the OG Journey to the West show from the 80s is unironically great of you like classic fantasy with costumes and practical effects like the old japanese/italian/russian movies that MST3K riffed on. pretty sure the whole series is on youtube. if you flip through chinese channels on your tv you'll probably find an episode airing on the CCTV channel or other
the other type of show that you'll always see is some historic civil war/anti-japanese war/wwII drama of which there are maybe 500 different shows. not sure which ones are good since i've only seen an episode here or there
the tencent Three-body problem show from a couple of years ago is pretty good (improves on the book by having characters with more personality for example, and is less misogynist) but it's really long, 30 episodes of around an hour each
Depends on what you're into: drama? romance? wuxia? xianxia? historical? contemporary?
Chinese television has a lot of really great things to watch. Moonlight Mystique as Vampire recommended is great xianxia. If you want historical fiction, Lightseeker: The Story of Young Mao Zedong is pretty interesting, Mao is kind of a twink lol.
Wuxia: Who Rules the World, Qingchuan's Veil of Vengeance
Xianxia: Love Between Fairy and Devil, The Untamed, Love Game In Eastern Fantasy, My Journey To You, Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact,
Costume Drama (court intrigue): The Double, The Princess Royal, Story of Pearl Girl
Contemporary Drama: Begin Again, Rising With the Wind, Flavour It's Yours
Contemporary Romance/Slice of Life: Love O2O, Everyone Loves Me, Falling Into Your Smile, Use For My Talent, The First Frost, Ski Into Love, Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Our Generation, A Love So Beautiful, When I Fly Towards You, The Best Thing, Fall In Love With A Scientist, Exclusive Fairy Tale
Historical Fiction: Rose Finch, Checkmate, In the Name of the Brother
Also, IQIYI has a promo code (Survey2025) right now that will give you a week of free VIP if you want to give it a try. They also have a bunch of shows you can stream for free without subscribing.
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Moonlight Mystique
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