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6 ‘Created in China’ stills drop as Song Zu Er and Zhang Xin Cheng C-drama drops first 7 episodes

Michelle Topham July 8, 2025

Created in china stills song zu er
New Created in China stills have been released on the iQIYI Weibo account as the Chinese contemporary drama is currently streaming in China.

The six stills came with the following comment:

他们在时代的起点上各奔东西,有人以梦想为舟开疆扩土,也有人刻舟求剑暗渡梦想的力量,他们前进的道路是否能够一帆风顺?下周一锁定爱奇艺精彩继续!#淬火年代#
@张新成 @宋祖儿lareina @王彦霖 @任程伟 @何雨虹lris @朱雨辰 ​​​
(English translation)

At the Dawn of an Era, Paths Diverge

Some chart new territories with dreams as their compass,
Others cling to lost hopes, secretly harnessing ambition’s tide.

Will their journeys sail smoothly?

🔜 Next Monday, stay tuned on iQIYI for the next chapter!
#CreatedInChina#

They then tagged the Created in China main cast via their Weibo accounts — Zhang Xin Cheng, Song Zu Er, Wang Yan Lin, Ren Cheng Wei, He Yu Hong and Zhu Yu Chen.

Created in china stills

Now, I am fascinated by the premise of this Chinese drama as, let’s face it, the technological and societal advancements of China over the last thirty years or so have been absolutely massive.

So much so, in many areas nowadays — fast, clean and efficient public transportation, AI development, automated manufacturing, for instance — China is far ahead of the United States, the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, many countries in Asia, most countries in Africa and South America etc etc etc.

And Created in China, which takes place in the 1990s, takes a look at the beginnings of this societal and technological revolution.

Created in china stills 5 june 21st

In other words, if you are remotely interested in any of this, and I am so interested, I am watching Created in China on CN Drama’s YouTube channel, you can watch it on there as well.

Starting with Episode 1.

Created in China premiered on Tencent Video in China on June 18th, and on CN Drama internationally, with Episode 7 currently the latest one released.

Just a few episodes in, but already enjoying the premise and loving the down-to-earth but often go-getter characters, I recommend you give the first few episodes a try. It’s different than the usual wuxia offerings, but excellent nonetheless.

Created in china stills

Created in china stills 4 June 21st

Created in china stills 6 june 21st

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British-American journalist currently residing in Vienna, Austria and obsessed beyond measure with C-dramas, a subject I have been writing about for more than two decades. How many C-dramas have I watched? Many many hundreds. How many are still in my backlog? Hundreds more.

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