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As 2025 draws to a close, the Chinese drama landscape is heating up once again. The last quarter of the year has delivered a slate of highly awaited series that are captivating both domestic viewers and global fans. With bold storytelling, powerhouse casts, and huge production values, these new releases are dominating platforms across major OTTs. Below are the top five dramas on air in China as of December 14, according to the latest Guduo Popularity Index rankings.
1. Sniper Butterfly
In the middle of a divorce that threatens to upend her world, Cen Jin (Michelle Chen) unexpectedly hears from Li Wu (Daniel Zhou) — a boy from the countryside whose education had been sponsored by her family. With his grandfather gone and no one else to rely on, Li Wu was close to dropping out of school. With no one else to rely on, he places his last hope in Cen Jin's parents, who once supported him. His resolve touches Cen Jin, and she brings him to Shanghai so he can finish high school and prepare for the college entrance exam.
After Li Wu enters university, their paths diverge. But six years later, he returns to Shanghai for work, determined to show Cen Jin that he's no longer the timid boy she once knew, but a man ready to stand beside her.
Stream Sniper Butterfly on Viki, iflix, and WeTV.
2. Speed and Love
Jiang Mu (Esther Yu) grew up with her mother after her parents' divorce. After the split, her father takes her older brother, Zhao (He Yu), with him to Thailand. As an adult, she travels alone to the nation of Cha to look for her long-estranged father, Jin Qiang, and her older brother, Jin Chao (He Yu). The siblings grow up in completely separate worlds. Years later, after discovering that Zhao is adopted, Mu travels to Thailand on her own to find him.
Jin Chao now lives as a tough, street-savvy young man who spends his days boxing, racing, and chasing danger — a lifestyle far removed from anything Mu has known.
Mu slowly adapts to her father's and Zhao's world, throwing herself into her studies and thriving in ways that surprise everyone. Her warmth and sincerity gradually bring light back into Zhao's turbulent life. As his trusted co-pilot, she becomes the steady guide he never knew he needed. When she realizes he is trapped in a quagmire, she resolves to pull him out and bring him home.
But an accident forces the two apart once more. In Zhao's absence, Mu shoulders the weight of the family and carries forward the dream they once shared — a future in aerospace.
Stream Speed and Love on iQIYI and Viki.
3. The Vendetta of An
Xie Huai An (Cheng Yi), the son of Liu Zi Wen — the mastermind behind the elite Tiger Guards — carries the heavy burden of his family's annihilation. After more than a decade of hiding his identity and planning his revenge, he returns to Chang'an under the guise of an official from Huainan. Caught between the chaos of the martial world and the power struggles of the court, Xie Huai An advances with calculated precision, while keeping his goal to avenge his family's massacre in his heart, setting off a gripping battle of wits and undertaking the mission to protect the kingdom.
Stream The Vendetta of An on Netflix and YOUKU.
4. Legend of the Magnate
Gu Ping Yuan (Chen Xiao), born in a turbulent era, is wrongfully accused and exiled to Ningguta. Struggling to survive, he nevertheless turns the tide — transforming from a frail, bookish scholar into a man who builds his fortune through the tea trade, establishes his enterprise through the salt industry, and unites merchant guilds from across the land to save the nation and its people, rising from an exiled convict to a titan of the business world.
In his struggle to become the "King of Business," Gu Ping Yuan meets Chang Yu Er, Li Qin, Chang Si, Li Wan Tang, Su Zi Xuan, Li Cheng, Bai Yi Mei, Wang Tian Gui, and others.
Stream Legend of the Magnate on iQIYI.
5. Love on the Turquoise Land
It tells the adventurous story of the secret organization called "Nanshan Hunters", whose members are equipped with supernatural abilities. "Mad Blade" Nie Jiu Luo and the bright, upright Yan Tuo, who has endured humiliation and burdens for years, gradually develop trust and affection after surviving numerous life-and-death ordeals while fighting against the Di Xiao.
Dilraba Dilmurat stars as Nie Jiu Luo, and Chen Xing Xu as Yan Tuo. Joining them are Zhang Li (as Lin Xi Rou), Zhang Yi Chi (as Lü Xian), Tian Xiao Jie (as Jiang Bai Chuan), Dong Chang (as Xing Shen), Su Xin (as Xiong Hei), Cherry Ngan (as Yu Rong), Liang Song Qing (as Lin Ling), Pan Mei Ye (as Feng Mi), Lin Peng (as Liu Chang Xi), and Shi Yue Ling (as Lu).
Stream Love on the Turquoise Land on WeTV.
Source: Baidu
