China Exclusive: Young Chinese embrace foreign TV series (4)

"The Chinese TV series are too slow and remote from our lives," she adds.

Li Shengli, a professor with the Communication University of China, says that foreign TV series have attracted young Chinese audiences for a long time, and are now putting great challenges toward domestically made ones, as the foreign competition is more delicately produced and maintains good interaction with the audience.

American series are broadcasted as each episode is made week by week, Li explains, while China's TV dramas are filmed in blocks for examination by state organs and then shown on TV, with two or more episodes appearing each day.

Li believes that, although China now produces a large number of TV series every year, few of them are of high quality.

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