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The second season of
Chinese streaming drama
Well-Intended Love will start
filming on Wednesday, said
Sohu TV, the show’s produc-
tion company, on Friday. The
cast from the first season,
including Huang Bochen,
Wang Shuang, Li Qingtian
and He Qianying, will return
for season two.
According to Liu Mingli
from Sohu TV’s self-produc-
tion center, the drama will
continue its original story-
line as well as its romantic
lines. Working with interna-
tional streaming platformNetflix, the first season of
Well-Intended Love has been
broadcast in 26 other lan-
guages on the platform.
Besides self-produced
dramas such as Well-intended
Love, Sohu TV will also
increase its investment in
long and short video content
including PGC, UGC and
vlogs, according to Zhang
Chaoyang, Sohu TV’s CEO.Global TimesZhang Chaoyang (left) and actress Ning Jing
Photo: Courtesy of Sohu TVFilming begins on drama ‘Well-Intended Love 2’Studying in China has not
only provided an invaluable
experience for US students
to get immersed in Chinese
culture, but also brought more
opportunities to them.
Theodore Byrnes, a 19-year-
old sophomore at the Uni-
versity of Iowa, is now a new
Chinese Government Scholar-
ship awardee and will go to
East China’s Shandong Univer-
sity on a one-year exchange
program in September.
“I want to study Chinese
language and Chinese culture.
I believe in the coming years
the Chinese language will be a
very useful skill to have in the
workplace,” Byrnes told the
Xinhua News Agency in an
interview on Saturday.
Talking about his study plan
in China, Byrnes couldn’t hide
the excitement in his eyes.
“I hope that in my second
semester, if my language is
good enough, I’d like to take a
Chinese history class as China
has such a long history and I
am particularly interested in
it.”
For the former Chinese
Government Scholarship
awardees who have already
spent several years in China,
having a good command of the
Chinese language has brought
them not only joy but also a
wide range of opportunities.
Sydney Nichole Torain, a
former US community college
student who lost the chance to
get into a four-year university
due to the high tuition fees in
the US, said that the Chinese
Government Scholarship
helped her out.
Having already spent three
years learning Chinese as the
preparatory stage at Beijing
Language and Culture Uni-
versity, Torain will pursue her
bachelor’s degree starting in
September.
“I do like the Chinese
language and culture. Now I
understand the language more,
I have a greater appreciation of
it,” said Torain.
Fascinated with diverse cul-
tures, Torain told Xinhua that
her major is China-English-
French translation, a unique
major exclusively offered by
Beijing Language and Culture
University.
“I am very grateful because
studying in China will bring
me more opportunities in the
future,” said Torain.
As people-to-peopleexchanges between China
and the US strengthen, more
and more students in the US
appreciate the opportunity to
study in China.
Scarlet Elizabeth Hoffman
will go to Peking University to
learn both chemistry and Chi-
nese on a one-year exchange
program. “I am fond of the
Chinese language and Chinese
culture. I plan to work in Chi-
na after graduation. I would
like to find a job that uses both
chemistry and Chinese.”
“Through exchanges and
cooperation, we have brought
great benefits to the people in
both China and the US. We be-
lieve that many of the students
who are interested in Chinese
culture will be able to contrib-
ute to the future development
of friendship and cooperation
between our two countries,”
Chinese Consul General in
Chicago Zhao Jian said.
China’s Ministry of Educa-
tion issued the “Study in China
Plan” in 2010, with the aim of
having 500,000 foreign stu-
dents study in China in 2020
and having 1 million foreign
students in 2030.XinhuaStudying in China helps broaden minds, improve job prospects of US
students by immersing them in traditional Chinese culture and language
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[email protected]‘The Bravest’ to
ignite box office
W
ith movies like The Eight Hun-
dred, The Last Wishes and more
withdrawing from cinemas,
Chinese animated movie Ne Zha has
blown up at the box office since its release
on Friday. This Thursday, a new Chinese
movie The Bravest is set light a fire under
moviegoers when it comes to getting
them in cinemas.
Basing on journalistic essays by writer
Baoerji Yuanye, the film directed by Hong
Kong director Tony Chan and starring
Huang Xiaoming, Du Jiang and Ou Hao
tells the true story of a group of firefight-
ers who save a coastal Chinese city from
an oil fire.
The movie holds a score of 9.6 out of
10 on Chinese movie site Maoyan and has
earned 52 million yuan ($7.5 million) from
pre-screenings.
On Chinese media review site Douban,
reviews from those who watched pre-
screenings have focused on how close to
the real fire the movie sticks and how the
firemen became heroes by conquering
their fear.
“It is shocking to see the fire. Very im-
pressive. The cast has great performances
playing ordinary firefighters,” commented
Douban user Shantouyougemiao.With 12 movies under his belt, almost
all romance films such as Bride Wars,
Hot Summer Days and Fall In Love Like A
Star, Chan made a bold move by making
an action film. Chan said that he hopes
to improve on mainstream blockbusters
by focusing on “true feelings” and “true
restoration.”
According to Chan, before filming
started, they talked to a number of fire-
fighters to get to know about their true
experiences.
As good word of mouth continues to
spread, Ne Zha has climbed to the top of
the Chinese box office, raking in nearly
800 million yuan in its first four days.Global TimesPromotion material for
The Bravest Photos: IC