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Jing Boran (井柏然) and Sun Qian (孙千) just made Chinese-drama Netflix history — and Tan Songyun (谭松韵) and Ren Jialun (任嘉伦) stormed back with new premieres. Here's your week.

This week on Rè Sōu Daily:

• The Early Spring (早春晴朗) — Jing Boran (井柏然) & Sun Qian (孙千): hit No. 2 on Netflix's Global Non-English TV chart with 2.4M views — the highest-ranking Chinese drama in Netflix history. It wrapped at an 8.7 rating and the full 24-episode run is now streaming with English subtitles.
• Against the Current (兰香如故) — Tan Songyun (谭松韵) & Liu Xueyi (刘学义): Tan's return to costume drama, a Ming-dynasty court thriller with 3M+ pre-orders, now on WeTV / CCTV-8 with English subtitles.
• Abyss (深渊无间) — Ren Jialun (任嘉伦): the tight 18-episode cold-case thriller went live Sept 9 on iQIYI, free with English subs on the international app.
• The Long Watch (交锋) — Wang Kai (王凯): the tense Beijing-set spy drama premiered and is streaming free with English subtitles.
• Dear You (给阿嬷的情书) — dir. Lan Hongchun (蓝鸿春): the Teochew-dialect sleeper crossed roughly $300M in China (Douban 9.3) and is now playing in US & Canadian theaters.
• Trending talk: Zhao Lusi (赵露思) is being linked to a specific comeback project after a year away — still unconfirmed.

Weekend box office: Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (欢迎来龙餐馆) still rules China, crossing ~$319M cumulative (Sat Sept 12), ahead of V, All Wishes Come True (~$284M) and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (奥德赛, ~$103M).

Next week: watch for Xu Kai (许凯) & Zhou Ye (周也)'s period romance Spring of the Blade / Yi Ou Chun (一瓯春), plus Zhang Yishan (张一山)'s Yunque Jiao Tian Lu (云雀叫天录) on Mango TV — dates still firming up.

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: Rè Sōu Daily episode archive (Sept 6–11); Variety & The Hollywood Reporter (The Early Spring / Netflix, Dear You); DramaPanda & MyDramaList (premiere schedule); F*XOXO China box-office daily (Sept 12). Live Weibo hot-search board was not reachable this run.

#JingBoran #TanSongyun #RenJialun #TheEarlySpring #CDrama #Cdrama2026 #ChineseDrama #WangKai #ZhaoLusi #ChinaBoxOffice

Tan Songyun is back in costume — Against the Current just premiered, and here's where you can actually watch it.

Friday, September 11, 2026 — today's trending in Chinese TV:

• Against the Current (兰香如故) — Tan Songyun (谭松韵) & Liu Xueyi (刘学义) premiere a 31-episode Ming-dynasty household-intrigue drama; 3 million pre-orders, and a real debate over its slow-burn pacing — on WeTV, with English subtitles
• Cold Hunt (冬城猎凶) — Wan Qian (万茜), Wang Yang (王阳) & Shawn Yue (余文乐) in a wintry heist-and-manhunt crime drama that dropped this week — on the Youku international app, with English subtitles
• In My Prime (生逢其时) — Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤) leads a warm two-family coming-of-age drama — on iQIYI's international app (iQ.com), with English subtitles
• Still streaming from earlier this week: Abyss (深渊无间) — Ren Jialun (任嘉伦) & Qin Junjie (秦俊杰), a well-scored crime thriller — on iQIYI's international app; and Jiao Feng / "The Long Watch" (交锋) — Wang Kai (王凯), a 21-year spy saga — on WeTV

📺 Where to watch

• Against the Current (兰香如故) — WeTV (English subs)
• Cold Hunt (冬城猎凶) — Youku international app (English subs)
• In My Prime (生逢其时) — iQIYI international / iQ.com (English subs)
• Abyss (深渊无间) — iQIYI international / iQ.com + iQIYI YouTube (English subs)
• Jiao Feng / The Long Watch (交锋) — WeTV (English subs)

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: trendingonweibo.com; MyDramaList / news.mydramalist.com; DramaPanda; Tonboriday; Sina Entertainment; Tencent News. (Note: the live Weibo hot-search board wasn't reachable this run — today's lineup is built from dated trade and fan press.)

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #weibo #热搜 #TanSongyun #AgainstTheCurrent #ColdHunt #WeTV #iQIYI

Meet Jing Boran and Sun Qian — the two leads of The Early Spring, one of the biggest Chinese dramas on Netflix right now — and hear how they actually made it.

A Rè Sōu Daily deep dive:

• The Netflix record — The Early Spring (早春晴朗) debuted at No. 2 on Netflix's Global Non-English TV chart — 2.4 million views, Top 10 in 22 countries, No. 1 in Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam and more — on Netflix, with English subtitles
• Why that's rare — Netflix pushes hardest on shows it produces itself (and in Korea it's a major producer, hence all the K-dramas). The Early Spring isn't a Netflix original — it's a Youku production Netflix merely licensed — so climbing to No. 2 worldwide, largely on word of mouth, is a real crossover and a rare open door for viewers outside China
• What it is — a grown-up, 24-episode modern romance set in Beijing's advertising world and a snowy northern hometown, spanning about a decade
• Who Jing Boran is — a Shenyang kid who started out as a pop singer and became one of China's biggest, most respected movie stars (Monster Hunt, Us and Them)
• Who Sun Qian is — a Harbin-born, ballet-trained, drama-school actress who worked her way up from small roles to leading lady
• What they're like — both from Northeast China, they bonded over spicy malatang, not script notes; Jing Boran only speaks the Northeastern dialect with her; and part of the shoot happened in Harbin, Sun Qian's actual hometown
• Off screen — Jing Boran is half of one of C-ent's most private long-term pairings, linked for ~7 years with international supermodel Liu Wen (刘雯); neither has ever formally confirmed it, and Sun Qian keeps her own private life out of the spotlight
• A first for the industry — reportedly the first mainland Chinese drama to use an intimacy coordinator, which both leads openly praised for letting them focus on the craft
• The reception — an 8.6 from nearly 6,000 viewers; adored for the chemistry and film-grade look, with a lively debate about the central relationship that's worth forming your own opinion on
• If you like them — Jing Boran's Us and Them and Monster Hunt are on Netflix (Monster Hunt also on iQIYI); Sun Qian's Love Song in Winter is free with English subs on iQIYI, its YouTube channel, and WeTV

📺 Where to watch

• The Early Spring (早春晴朗) — Netflix (English subtitles)

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: About Netflix newsroom; WION; MyDramaList / news.mydramalist.com; Layar Hijau; Yahoo Entertainment; Wikipedia.

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #TheEarlySpring #JingBoran #SunQian #Netflix #weibo #热搜 #kdrama

Jing Boran (井柏然) & Sun Qian (孙茜) just finished The Early Spring — now bingeable on Netflix — plus Tan Songyun's (谭松韵) new romance and where to watch every title in English.

📅 Thursday, September 10, 2026

• The Early Spring (早春晴朗) — Jing Boran (井柏然) & Sun Qian (孙茜) in the summer's most-loved romance; the 24-episode run just wrapped (8.7/10) and it's a real return-to-form for both leads — on Netflix, Youku international & YouTube (English subs)
• Against the Current (兰香如故) — Tan Songyun (谭松韵) & Liu Xueyi (刘学义) headline a 47-episode historical romance; premieres Sept 11 — on WeTV (English subs)
• Abyss (深渊无间) — Ren Jialun (任嘉伦) & Qin Junjie (秦俊杰) in a dark crime thriller viewers are calling a return to form (opened ~8/10) — on iQIYI / iQ.com (English subs)
• Cold Hunt (冬城猎凶) — Wan Qian (万茜), Wang Yang (王阳) & Shawn Yue (余文乐) in a tight 18-episode detective story; premiered today — on Youku international (Youku.tv)
• The Long Watch (交锋) — Wang Kai (王凯) & Oho Ou (欧豪) in a 1940s espionage thriller — on WeTV, free with English subs
• In My Prime (生逢其时) — Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤) in a warm multi-generational family drama — on iQIYI / iQ.com, free with English subs

📺 Where to watch

• The Early Spring (早春晴朗) — Netflix / Youku international / YouTube (English subs)
• Against the Current (兰香如故) — WeTV (from Sept 11, English subs)
• Abyss (深渊无间) — iQIYI / iQ.com (English subs)
• Cold Hunt (冬城猎凶) — Youku international / Youku.tv
• The Long Watch (交锋) — WeTV (free, English subs)
• In My Prime (生逢其时) — iQIYI / iQ.com (free, English subs)

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: trendingonweibo.com, news.mydramalist.com, MyDramaList, DramaPanda, A Virtual Voyage, Overseas Idol, Netflix, iQIYI (iq.com), WeTV, Wikipedia. (The Early Spring's finale was trending on Weibo this week via trendingonweibo.com and confirmed against dated press; the raw hot-search board — tophub 微博热搜 — carried only sports/tech items this run and s.weibo.com is login-gated, so no numeric hot-search rank is claimed.)

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #TheEarlySpring #JingBoran #SunQian #TanSongyun #Netflix #热搜 #cdramarecommendations

Ren Jialun's cold-case thriller Abyss is OUT — and you can watch it free with English subtitles on iQIYI right now. Here's what's actually worth watching in Chinese TV today, and where to watch it.

📅 September 9, 2026

• 🔎 Ren Jialun 任嘉伦 & Qin Junjie 秦俊杰 headline Abyss (深渊无间), an 18-episode cold-case thriller that dropped today — streaming free with English subtitles on iQIYI's international app (iQ.com)
• ⚔️ Tan Songyun 谭松韵 & Liu Xueyi 刘学义 lead the historical revenge-romance Against the Current (兰香如故), premiering September 11 — on WeTV with English subtitles
• 🌸 Guan Xiaotong 关晓彤 stars in the 1980s coming-of-age drama In My Prime (生逢其时), airing now — on iQIYI International with English subtitles
• 🕵️ Wang Kai 王凯 & Peng Yuchang 彭昱畅 star in the late-'90s spy thriller Jiao Feng (交锋 / "Confrontation") — on Tencent Video in China; no confirmed English-subbed international release yet
• 📱 Hollywood is copying China's vertical short-drama (竖屏短剧) playbook, with Fox and NBCUniversal moving into the phone-first format

📺 Where to watch

• Abyss (深渊无间) — iQIYI International, English subs (out now)
• Against the Current (兰香如故) — WeTV, English subs (from Sep 11)
• In My Prime (生逢其时) — iQIYI International, English subs
• Jiao Feng (交锋) — Tencent Video (China only); no confirmed international release yet

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: trendingonweibo.com; MyDramaList / news.mydramalist.com; DramaPanda; iQIYI (iQ.com); A Virtual Voyage. (The live Weibo 微博热搜 board was not reachable this run; lineup built from dated trade/fan press.)

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #RenJialun #TanSongyun #iQIYI #WeTV #weibo #热搜 #chinesetv

Ren Jialun's twisty new mystery Abyss is about to drop, and Zhao Lusi is finally being linked to a real comeback project — plus what's still worth streaming this week. Here's what's trending in Chinese entertainment for Tuesday, September 8, and, the part you actually need, where you can watch it.

• 🔎 Abyss (深渊无间) — Ren Jialun (任嘉伦) and Qin Junjie (秦俊杰) lead a tight 18-episode mystery about a small town where a web novel starts mirroring a real unsolved crime. Premieres this week (reported Sep 9). — iQIYI original; expected on iQIYI's international app (iQ.com), exact global date unconfirmed
• 💫 Zhao Lusi's comeback (赵露思) — after about a year away from acting to focus on her health, Zhao Lusi is now being linked to a specific new project — reportedly a drama adapted from a Kerstin Gier novel, loosely translated as Farewell Letter (Chinese title TBC), with filming said to begin in October. The specific project is unconfirmed / trending talk; the return itself she's spoken about publicly.
• 🕵️ The Long Watch (交锋) — Wang Kai (王凯), Peng Yuchang (彭昱畅), Ou Hao (欧豪) and Zhou Yiran (周依然)'s 40-episode espionage thriller is still rolling out new episodes after its Sep 6 premiere. — on WeTV, with English subtitles
• 👨‍👩‍👧 In My Prime (生逢其时) — Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤)'s warm 1980s family drama is holding a gentle 7.6 with early viewers. — on iQIYI / iQ.com, with English subtitles
• 🏯 Against the Current (兰香如故) — Tan Songyun (谭松韵) and Liu Xueyi (刘学义)'s historical revenge-romance premieres Sep 11. — on WeTV, with English subtitles

📺 Where to watch

• Abyss (深渊无间) — iQIYI (international app expected; global date unconfirmed)
• The Long Watch (交锋) — WeTV (English subs)
• In My Prime (生逢其时) — iQIYI / iQ.com (English subs)
• Against the Current (兰香如故) — WeTV (English subs)
• Zhao Lusi's Farewell Letter — not in production yet; nothing to watch

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: trendingonweibo.com; MyDramaList & MyDramaList News (news.mydramalist.com); DramaPanda; overseasidol.com; AsiaOne; iQIYI (iq.com); WeTV. (Live Weibo hot-search board was reachable this run but dominated by sports/tech, not C-ent, so it was not used to rank the drama lineup.)

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #RenJialun #ZhaoLusi #TanSongyun #weibo #热搜 #kdramaadjacent #wheretowatch

Wang Kai's spy thriller The Long Watch is out, Tan Songyun's Against the Current is days away, and the little Chinese film beating them all — Dear You — is in your local theater right now.

Monday, September 7, 2026 — here's what's trending in Chinese entertainment today, whether it's worth your time, and where you can actually watch it.

• 🕵️ The Long Watch / 交锋 — Wang Kai (王凯) headlines a slow-burn 1990s spy thriller that premiered Sept 6. — free with English subtitles on YouTube
• 🎬 Dear You / 给阿嬷的情书 — a Teochew-dialect family film that made ¥1.8 billion (~US$280M) on a tiny budget and scored 9.3 on Douban, now on a wide North American release. — in US & Canada movie theaters
• 🌸 Against the Current / 兰香如故 — Tan Songyun (谭松韵) and Liu Xueyi (刘学义) in a fallen-noblewoman historical romance, premiering Sept 11. — on WeTV with English subtitles
• 🏠 In My Prime / 生逢其时 — Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤) leads a warm 1980s coming-of-age drama that started Sept 3. — free with English subtitles on the iQIYI app
• 💐 The First Jasmine / 茉莉 — Bai Lu (白鹿) in a marriage-of-convenience palace drama, already out and easy to reach. — on Disney+ and Viki
• ⚔️ Pursuit of Jade / 朱玉 — Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) and Zhang Linghe (张凌赫) in a romance-fantasy that's been a steady watch. — on Netflix

📺 Where to watch

• The Long Watch (交锋) — YouTube, with English subtitles
• Dear You (给阿嬷的情书) — US & Canada movie theaters (Well Go USA); no streaming release yet
• Against the Current (兰香如故) — WeTV, with English subtitles (from Sept 11)
• In My Prime (生逢其时) — iQIYI international app / iq.com, free with English subtitles
• The First Jasmine (茉莉) — Disney+ and Viki
• Pursuit of Jade (朱玉) — Netflix (also WeTV and iQIYI)

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: trendingonweibo.com; MyDramaList / news.mydramalist.com; DramaPanda; Variety; The Hollywood Reporter; South China Morning Post; RogerEbert.com. (The live Weibo hot-search board wasn't reachable/verifiable this run, so nothing here is presented as a hot-search ranking.)

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #cdramarecommendations #WangKai #TanSongyun #wheretowatch #weibo #热搜 #DearYou

Episode description

Jing Boran (井柏然) and Sun Qian (孙千)'s The Early Spring (早春晴朗) just made history — No. 2 on Netflix's global non-English TV chart, the highest a Chinese drama has ever ranked — and it's streaming in the West right now.

This week on Rè Sōu Daily:

• The Early Spring (早春晴朗) — Jing Boran (井柏然) & Sun Qian (孙千) — climbs to No. 2 on Netflix's Global Non-English TV list with 2.4 million views, a record for any Chinese series, now rolling out weekly with English subtitles.
• Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤)'s In My Prime (盛风起时) — a 1980s-set family drama with a life-swap premise — premieres on iQIYI (爱奇艺).
• China closes its biggest summer box office on record: ¥12.485B (+4.4% YoY), with an all-domestic top three.
• Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (欢迎来龙餐馆) — director Wen Muye (文牧野), starring Shen Teng (沈腾) — holds China's No. 1, nearing ¥2B on an 8.7 Douban, over Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (奥德赛).
• The mocked-then-beloved low-budget animation Niu Lai (牛来) turns bad buzz into a runaway word-of-mouth earner.

Weekend box office: Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (欢迎来龙餐馆) stays No. 1 in China, holding off Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (奥德赛) in second.

Next week: Tan Songyun (谭松韵) & Liu Xueyi (刘学义)'s historical romance Against the Current (兰香如故) premieres Sept 11 on CCTV-8 and Tencent Video (腾讯视频).

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: Netflix Official (about.netflix.com); Wikipedia (The Early Spring; Once Upon a Time in the Middle East); Variety China Box Office; DramaPanda upcoming schedule; iQIYI. (Live Weibo hot-search board was not reachable this run.)

#TheEarlySpring #JingBoran #SunQian #GuanXiaotong #CDrama #ChinaBoxOffice #InMyPrime #Cpop #早春晴朗 #热搜

Jing Boran (井柏然) and Sun Qian's (孙千) The Early Spring / 早春情浪 just made Netflix history for Chinese TV — here's what's actually worth watching this week, and where you can stream it.

Friday, September 4, 2026 — today on Rè Sōu Daily:

• 🌱 The Early Spring / 早春情浪 (Jing Boran / 井柏然 · Sun Qian / 孙千) debuts at No. 2 on Netflix's Global Non-English TV chart with 2.4M views in week one — the first C-drama to reach Netflix's global Top 3 — on Netflix (with English subtitles)
• 🏙️ In My Prime / 生逢其时 (Guan Xiaotong / 关晓彤 · Wang Ziqi / 王子奇), a warm 1980s family saga, premiered Sept 3 — on the iQIYI international app (iQ.com) with English subtitles
• 🕵️ Jiao Feng ("Confrontation") / 交锋 (Wang Kai / 王凯 · Peng Yuchang / 彭昱畅 · Ou Hao / 欧豪), a 21-year spy thriller, premieres Sept 6 — airs on Tencent Video in China; an English-subtitled international release wasn't confirmed this run — we'll flag it when it lands
• 💰 China's summer box office topped 12.5 billion yuan, led by surprise Teochew-language hit Dear You — no confirmed international release yet
• 🗺️ Also newly on Netflix for newcomers: Pursuit of Jade / 逐玉 (Tian Xiwei / 田曦薇 · Zhang Linghe / 张凌赫) — on Netflix and the iQIYI international app, English subtitles
• 💬 Rumor mill (unconfirmed trending talk): chatter about whether The Early Spring's Netflix numbers push a second season and more Youku–Netflix deals

📺 Where to watch

• The Early Spring / 早春情浪 — Netflix (US + international, weekly), English subs · also Youku in China
• In My Prime / 生逢其时 — iQIYI international app / iQ.com, English subs
• Jiao Feng ("Confrontation") / 交锋 — Tencent Video (China); international English-sub release not confirmed yet
• Pursuit of Jade / 逐玉 — Netflix + iQIYI international app, English subs
• Dear You (Chinese title unconfirmed this run) — no confirmed international release yet

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: About Netflix; MyDramaList / news.mydramalist.com; WION; What's on Netflix; DramaPanda; iQIYI (iQ.com); China.org.cn; Screen Daily; Netflix. (The live Weibo hot-search board and trendingonweibo.com were not reachable this run, so today's lineup is built from confirmed dated trade and fan press.)

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #TheEarlySpring #JingBoran #GuanXiaotong #WangKai #NetflixCdrama #weibo #热搜

Guan Xiaotong, Jing Boran, Sun Qian, Xin Zhilei — today's biggest Chinese drama premieres and where you can actually watch them, in plain English.

September 3, 2026 — today on Rè Sōu Daily:

• 🔥 In My Prime / 生逢其时 — Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤) and Wang Ziqi (王梓骥) premiere an emotional 1980s family-swap drama today. — streaming internationally on iQIYI (iQ.com) with English subtitles
• 🌸 The Early Spring / 早春晴朗 — Jing Boran (井柏然) and Sun Qian (孙茜) in a warm, grown-up modern romance about two people rebuilding their careers and each other. — on Netflix (US + most regions), new episodes weekly
• 🏜️ Remnants of Gold / 金色 — Xin Zhilei (辛芷蕾), Yin Fang (尹昉) and Chen Kun (陈坤) in a Gu Long desert wuxia treasure-hunt. — on WeTV with English subs (also iflix)
• 🕵️ The Awake (Awaken) / 醒来 — Ou Hao (欧豪), Gulnazar (古力娜扎) and Feng Shaofeng (冯绍峰) in a 1930s Shanghai spy thriller. — on iQIYI (iQ.com) with English subtitles
• ⚖️ The Cicada's Song / 蝉 — Zhong Chuxi (钟楚曦), Francis Ng (吴镇宇) and Zheng Yunlong (郑云龙) in a psychological legal thriller. — on iQIYI and WeTV with English subs
• 🎬 China's record summer box office — the top film was comedy Kung Fu Soccer / 功夫足球. — in Chinese cinemas now; no international streaming release yet

📺 Where to watch

• In My Prime / 生逢其时 → iQIYI (iQ.com), English subs
• The Early Spring / 早春晴朗 → Netflix (US + most regions), weekly
• Remnants of Gold / 金色 → WeTV (also iflix), English subs
• The Awake (Awaken) / 醒来 → iQIYI (iQ.com), English subs
• The Cicada's Song / 蝉 → iQIYI and WeTV, English subs
• Jiao Feng / 交锋 (premieres Sep 6) → Tencent Video / CCTV-8 in China; international home not yet confirmed
• Kung Fu Soccer / 功夫足球 → Chinese cinemas only; no international release yet

🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033QUuhTzuRqnYmYGw7eQF

Sources: trendingonweibo.com; MyDramaList / news.mydramalist.com; DramaPanda; Drama Wanderlust; What's on Netflix; Global Times; CGTN. (The live Weibo hot-search board wasn't independently verifiable this run — today's package is built from dated trade and fan press.)

#cdrama #cpop #chinesedrama #cdramarecommendations #GuanXiaotong #JingBoran #TheEarlySpring #Netflix #weibo #热搜