Michelle Topham

British-American journalist currently living in Vienna, Austria and obsessed 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.
Cheng Yi’s portrayal of Wangquan Fu Gui hits 800 million character points – Sword and Beloved protagonist heading rapidly towards 1 billion cheng-yi-sword-and-beloved-800-million-character-points

Cheng Yi’s portrayal of Wangquan Fu Gui hits 800 million character points – Sword and Beloved protagonist heading rapidly towards 1 billion

Michelle Topham October 28, 2025
Alrighty, so now we are two days past when Chinese actor Cheng Yi’s Sword and Beloved character...
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Love in the Clouds debuts on Douban with 7.0 rating – great start for Hou Ming Hao and Lu Yu Xiao-led fantasy drama Love in the Clouds hits 7.0 on Douban

Love in the Clouds debuts on Douban with 7.0 rating – great start for Hou Ming Hao and Lu Yu Xiao-led fantasy drama

Michelle Topham October 28, 2025
Love in the Clouds kicks off its Douban entry with a solid initial rating The just-ended Chinese...
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Pan Yue Ming and Hu Xian Xu’s My Dear Brother kicks off filming – slew of cast photos from booting ceremony drop Cdrama My Dear Brother starts filming

Pan Yue Ming and Hu Xian Xu’s My Dear Brother kicks off filming – slew of cast photos from booting ceremony drop

Michelle Topham October 28, 2025
I must admit, this one flew underneath my radar until cast photos from the My Dear Brother...
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6 ‘A Prophet’ stills drop – Li Xian and Li Yi Tong’s Cdrama looks like an unusual choice for both Chinese actors C drama A Prophet still featuring Li Yi Tong and Li Xian

6 ‘A Prophet’ stills drop – Li Xian and Li Yi Tong’s Cdrama looks like an unusual choice for both Chinese actors

Michelle Topham October 27, 2025
Chinese drama A Prophet, starring Li Xian and Li Yi Tong, just finished filming a couple of...
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Cheng Yi’s ‘Sword and Beloved’ Wangquan Fu Gui grabs 600 million character popularity points hours after premiere Wangquan-Fu-Gui-played-by-Cheng-Yi-Sword-and-Beloved-grabs-400-million-character-popularity-points-poster

Cheng Yi’s ‘Sword and Beloved’ Wangquan Fu Gui grabs 600 million character popularity points hours after premiere

Michelle Topham October 25, 2025
Update – October 26th, 2025 — Of course, if you know Cheng Yi, it’s pretty obvious any...
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C-drama Irreplaceable wraps filming – cast photos released for Zhao Jinmai, Wei Daxun, Zhou Qi and more Irreplaceable wraps filming

C-drama Irreplaceable wraps filming – cast photos released for Zhao Jinmai, Wei Daxun, Zhou Qi and more

Michelle Topham October 25, 2025
Chinese workplace-themed romance drama Irreplaceable (无可替代) has officially wrapped up its filming, with YOUKU releasing photos of...
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Dilraba Dilmurat and Edward Chen’s ‘A Duet in Blue’ begins filming – booting ceremony photos drop Sui Ran Bu Neng Tong Shi Yong You Yi Qie Dilraba Dilmurat booting ceremony

Dilraba Dilmurat and Edward Chen’s ‘A Duet in Blue’ begins filming – booting ceremony photos drop

Michelle Topham October 24, 2025
The short 6-episode C-drama Duet in Blue (aka 虽然不能同时拥有一切) officially began filming today, with photographs of the...
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