Chen Jianbin’s latest TV series to be aired in Beijing

Chen Jianbin. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Chen Jianbin, who won two major awards at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards in 2014, returns to small screen.

On a recent Beijing event, the 46-year-old actor unveiled the backdrop of his latest TV series, Chinese-style Relationship.

Revolving on the Chinese recognition of guanxi, or networking, the 36-episode series explores the different ways of thinking between the West and East, through the perspectives from a middle-aged official and an overseas-educated designer.

The series will run on Beijing Satellite TV from Sept 8, with two episodes every night.

Chen said the script impressed him, for it applies a dark-humor narration to examine the middle-age crisis and ordinary people's struggles.

Chen won the best actor and best new director awards at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival for his directorial debut, A Fool, in which he plays the protagonist.

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