SINGAPORE (Dec 9): For Zhou Yu, the question began as a quiet uncertainty: Could a drama set in China s insurance industry possibly find an audience overseas? Earlier this year, the metropolitan workplace drama A Better Life became a major hit in China. Zhou, general manager of SMG Pictures, one of the producers, sent its translated [...]
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