Ark Peace stars Chen Kun and Zhang Tian’ai as doctors on a hospital ship that travel to developing countries to provide foreign aid. Directed by the infamous Cao Dun (Tribes and Empires, The Longest Day in Chang’an) and written by Feng Ji (Operation Red Sea), I might check it out and see how long it takes for Cao Dun to bore me into dropping the show.

The drama airs daily on CCTV-1.

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Zhang Tian’ai also plays A’mai in the film version, which wrapped up in 2019.

Fighting for Love 阿麦从军 (literally A’mai joins the Army) stars Zhang Tian’ai as noble lady A’mai. After escaping the slaughter of her loved ones by her first love Chen Qi, she travels the jianghu as a wanderer with the ultimate goal of avenging her family. Along the way, she ends up saving the grand princess’ son Shang…

Coming from the writer of Joy of Life, Sword Snow Stride follows a youngster’s (Zhang Ruoyun) journey from a good-for-nothing noble to swashbuckling hero. As this is only the first season, I don’t think we’ll be able to see the hero getting involved in any warfare as a powerful general. This is why I hate seasonal formats, especially when the first season is already 38 episodes.

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