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this is so cute and entertaining. I'm definitely hooked based on the first 3 episodes.

But this is *not avoiding* historical accuracy which is always required from historical dramas: it shows the social stratification according to ideological purity demands (to get a university position, MLs sister had to cut ties and denounce her family entirely as they were classified as bourgeois). MLs parents who are intellectuals have been sent to a re-education camp. FLs brother has been sent to farm work duty. FL has to succumb to and please political cadres to be allowed to be a candidate for a university education.

Just clarifying these things because the China-antis touting "government propaganda" like broken records are already here. As someone said earlier, even in difficult times, people still carry on, kids enjoy playing, young people fall in love, there's music and dancing.

What I liked: the first 9 episodes were a steady and intriguing crime drama. The plot twist in ep 9 was good. But I kind of lost the red thread when we had to wait 2 weeks for the last 3 episodes to come out. Acting by Tang Tang, Wang Li, and Wang Yi Mo characters was very good. The shocking events from the past were mostly referred to by short shots. Nothing too gory or shocking was shown which I liked. In the end we never got to know who led the company that Mr. Bai worked for. Also, I always have a huge dislike for antagonists that are just madly grinning pure psychos. As Mr. Bai here.

This definitely had material for more than 12 eps, so the wrap up felt rushed. 7/10

Also could be called Endless Patience. Tbe police deal with so much mundane crap without getting aggravated this is starting to feel like the best course in anger management ever. I'm nearing the ending (at ep 32) and not all cases are as good as in the beginning. But I would wholly recommend, this is a heartwarming, wholesome drama. The key sentence to me was when the senior policeman said to the junior: "if you don't care to listen to people's problems and put yourself in their shoes, soon you're going to think all people are bad". The police are dealing with the community as a whole and not only crimes - this is not how things are in my country (plus in my country the police are dismissive and rude mostly). Realistic or not, I don't care since the drama is rife with life lessons.

thanks a lot!

I didn't know before the last episode that this was based on a true story. Learning about it moved me to tears. Idealistic and unselfish people like this do exist (just think about the Gaza flotilla).

I absolutely loved the Mountain Patrol. Found family is my favorite trope. And it was so good to watch a drama that is in the wide open landscape most of time (I love mountaineering in RL too).

The drama is filled with suspense, gunfights and sacrifices. The second story arc slowly developed into a crime thriller. 9/10.

I've tried Romance in the Alley but the eng subs are machine translated and not understandable at all. Very unfortunate.

Completely agree.

I decided to drop The Truth after 3 eps. But Hidden Truth is a hidden gem, imo!

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This one's good. Binged the first 5 episodes. Gripping plot and I like the character depth.

Hidden Truth is much better, imo.

I agree and decided to drop in the end of ep 3. There are so many fantastic c-noir dramas that less intense and gripping ones can't quite measure up. In my view the character & plot depth can easily be judged on the basis of the first couple of episodes. Not saying this can't be a good drama if the expectations aren't for it to be a 10/10.

You don't see the propaganda in the media your own country so your using Chinese content and calling it propaganda is disrespectful and frankly, stealing. If you're going to watch Chinese dramas you must watch respectfully and open mindedly and be very aware of your assumptions which may be far from actual reality. Do you know the mining laws in your own country? No you don't. In my country (in Europe) mining rights go above any property rights. Meaning if there's gold found in my land it is legal to put a mine there. Regardless of what I think.

someone who probably doesn't understand his country supports genocide right now and believes all the propaganda on China peddled by mainstream media.

you've already decided on your POV, so pls don't watch.

Pls send feedback, it's easy.

I think iQiyi's english language search doesn't function well. If a new drama is available the best (often only) way to find it in iQiyi is to click the iQiyi link here. But if iQiyi once again geoblocks let's pls all complain.

Hope to see more articles like this!

Antropology has shown that tales of cannibalism were written by colonialists to justify their invasions and stealing. Tales had no basis in reality. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.3715456 When war is justified, the first step is always to produce propaganda to legitimize it and histories are written by winners. I don't know whether dehumanization and othering of people from rivalling nations was looming large already at this period (of course it was)