yes, indeed. I totally agree with most of the opinions here. Once you have watched Cdrama, you do not want to backtrack and your expectations soar. Their acting is unparrallel and the ML all looked differently. Somehow i find the Korean actors all have cookie cutter faces. But not many people do realise this but the Koreans have done well for they know how to soft sell themselves. Its up to the Chinese to do that through Cdramas and hopefully they carry subtitles for most people do not understand mandarin but are keen to watch. I have quite a few favourites namely, Nirvana on Fire , The Rebel, The Thunder (anti drug), In the name of the people (anti corruption),
The longest day in Chang'an, City of streamers. There are some more, but all these are worth watching and requires some depth of understanding.