I’ve become a fan of the Korean/Japanese/and Chinese Novellas. That’s what I reference them as. With the trash they try to pass off to us in the U. S. these days, I find these outlets better. You see a little different slice of life. You need to keep your head about you, as some of it is undeniably propaganda, but that’s okay as long as you know it going in. It’s not blatant, but I think sometimes it’s a bit of a whitewash socially.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I tried watching some of the Chinese and Taiwanese dramas, but they don’t hold a candle to the Korean ones.
***I’ve become a fan of the Korean/Japanese/and Chinese Novellas. That’s what I reference them as. With the trash they try to pass off to us in the U. S. these days, I find these outlets better****
I’ve found the same for the same reason. I do miss the days when AMC, IFC and Sundance, had good uncut foreign movies on. Now it is just the same Hollywood commercial filled claptrap over and over again.
TCM and a few other HD channels now get most of my watching.
For a good tv program check out When a Snail Falls in Love on Netflix
It is pure chinese cop show and soap opera all in one. It features a major crimes unit in a fictional chinese city. the bad guys are running drugs into china from Myanmar. Myanmar and chinese vistas are very well done. One of the cops always wears an American themed t shirt.
It does not seem to be blatant propaganda. It draws a wide Asian audience. The blurb mentions the web site got 2 billion hits...... 2 billion.