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10 Greatest Chinese Love Stories Ever What on earth is love that makes lovers vow to stick together in life and death? Below are the top 10 widespread ancient Chinese love stories / Chinese famous love stories, some are myths or legends, some are literary works, and some are real persons and real stories. Most of them are tragic stories and of course there is also romantic comedy. 1. The Butterfly Lovers 梁祝 The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend which tells a tragic love story between a pair of famous lovers- Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Their love story is considered as the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet. The story happened in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317–420). In order to pursue her studies, Zhu Yingtai  disguised herself as a man and decided to go to Hangzhou for further study. During her trip she met Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji, they soon became good friends and then sworn brothers.  They studied together in Songshan Academy in Hangzhou for the next three years and Zhu gradually fell in love with Liang. But Liang did not know that Zhu was a woman and failed to notice it. One day Zhu had to go home as her father missed her…

Today, let's take a look at the top 10 Chinese films with the highest overseas box office, and check which film have the greater influence in the world.

top 50 bars The long-awaited list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars has finally been released, following the 51-100 list that came out on April 29. Seventeen Greater China bars made the cut, clinching more spots than any other country, with four in the Chinese mainland, four in Taiwan and nine in Hong Kong. Shanghai’s own Sober Company rounded out the top five, along with The Union Trading Company at No. 31 and Speak Low at No. 32. Hope and Sesame in Guangzhou clocks in at No. 15. The number one bar in all of Asia was awarded to Coa, a Hong-Kong based venue led by Jay Khan. A shrine to all things agave, Coa houses an extensive collection of 200 handcrafted Latin American liquids, spanning tequila, mezcal, raicilla, stool and more. Jumping from No. 3 last year to No. 1 this year, this rising star bar has been climbing the ranks in all the award lists and landed itself the No. 8 spot on the World’s 50 Best Bars list in 2020. top 50 bars Shanghai’s top-rated bar, and the newly appointed No. 5 on the Asia’s 50 Best Bar 2021 list, Sober Company is a multi-concept venue by Shingo Gokan…