Trending Topic 热搜 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 120 mins. Director: Xin Yukun 忻钰坤. Rating: 8/10. Actress Zhou Dongyu shines in a quality mainstream drama centred on corporate corruption and online shenanigans. STORY Haizhou city, somewhere in southern China, Nov 2019. After Chen Miao (Zhou Dongyu), a former journalist and blogger, and now CEO of Miao’s … Continue reading Review: Trending Topic (2023) →
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