"Jolene Foo's route to Chinese drama fandom happened after moving from her native Malaysia to Norway in her late 20s. Foo, who grew up as a "third-generation Chinese kid," was looking for a way to reconnect with her homeland. Her friends recommended Chinese dramas, or C-dramas for short. "What really drew me in was the cultural dimension," she told DW. "As someone who is of the Chinese diaspora, watching C-dramas became a way of reconnecting with my roots.""
""I don't know whether I can explain it properly or not, but you know when you see a scene and something inside you just clicks?" Khan, who is now in his final year of undergraduate studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh, told DW. "It's like your mind tells you, Yes, this is exactly what I wanted to watch." From that moment on, Khan said, he was hooked."
"The global rise of Chinese entertainment began in the early 2000s when the poetic martial arts and sweeping visuals of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" put Chinese storytelling on the map. That momentum carried into television, where dramas evolved from historical epics to modern romances and fantasy hits. In the 2010s, Netflix and Viki introduced these dramas to global audiences and since 2020, have moved to video-on-demand (VOD) apps."
Jolene Foo moved from Malaysia to Norway in her late 20s and used C-dramas to reconnect with her Chinese roots. Tanvir Khan discovered The Story of Yanxi Palace on Facebook after finishing secondary school, became instantly hooked, and now helps run a 700,000-member C-drama Facebook group while translating subtitles into Bengali. Chinese entertainment's global rise began in the early 2000s with films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and momentum carried into television as dramas evolved from historical epics to modern romances and fantasy. Streaming services such as Netflix and Viki expanded international access, and many titles have shifted to VOD apps and YouTube.
Read at www.dw.com
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