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China Reacts · Week of Nov 2

Where the Mask Ends: Viewers Split on the Villainess

Small Town RemedyWeibo
A door that could never be opened has been opened. Did Liu Zhengliang find the key? Either way, he opened that door.
一扇一直无法打开[的]门，被打开了，刘铮亮找到了钥匙吗，但他打开了那扇门。
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Where the Mask EndsWeibo
Of course those two are calm; they spent all their panic the first time they acknowledged their mother.
所以他俩当然淡定啊，不淡定都留在第一次认妈上了
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The Lament of AutumnDouban
Republican tragic romance just has to be a sea of hatred and deep love to hit the spot
民国虐恋就是要恨海情天，就是要执念纠缠才够味
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Small Town Remedy: How a Town Takes a Man Back

A boy sent south at eight comes home in his thirties to a Northeastern town he no longer knows. Small Town Remedy is less about whom its doctor cures than about how the town refuses to leave him alone, and about the actor who says he had never wanted a role this much.

By Shu · 16 min read