fredag 8. februar 2019

Yanxi Palace: Why China turned against its most popular show

It was one of China's most popular shows of 2018 - but it's now being pulled from TV screens across the country. The story of Yanxi Palace, a drama about life in imperial China, broke records when it was released last year. It was streamed more than 15 billion times on China Netflix-like iQiyi and became the most watched online drama in China for 39 consecutive days.

All that changed in late January when a state media article criticised the "negative impact" of imperial dramas, and it wasn't long before Yanxi Palace was taken off air. So why has this blockbuster show fallen from grace?