The countdown to a New World begins for Sun Honglei, Wan Qian

We get our first glimpse of the three brothers in the first trailer for upcoming Republican drama New World. There’s the local jail boss (Sun Honglei), the Kuomintang government official (Zhang Luyi) and the policeman (Yin Fang), and the three brothers go through various internal struggles before finally deciding to band together and welcome the Communists into Beiping. Weibo video here if the Youtube video doesn’t work.

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Character posters released for Sun Honglei, Wan Qian’s upcoming Republican drama

Set in the weeks before the liberation of Beiping by the Communists, the new Republican drama is aptly titled New World 新世界, and revolves around the lives of three friends, played by Sun Honglei (To Be A Better Man), Zhang Luyi (The Patriot) and Yin Fang (Operation Red Sea) and the conflicts that arise due to their different beliefs.

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Hu Bingqing, Han Dongjun’s Twenties Once Again airs today

70-year-old granny (Hu Bingqing) and still-young Han Dongjun play an odd pair of dream chasers in this tv series adaptation of the popular film.

The TV adaptation of Miss Granny/20 Once Again 重返20岁, the story of a 70-year-old granny who becomes her 20-year-old self again to find her passion, streams today and stars Hu Bingqing, Han Dongjun, Zhang Yaqin, Gui Leiya, and Qin Han.

It looks like this Youtube channel has brought overseas rights.

The trailer had too much exposition so here’s a fanvid.

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