Maggie Jiang is the stage name of Jiang Shu Ying, a Chinese actress. Born on September 1, 1986, she made her acting debut in the 2013 film “So Young.” She has since starred in films and television dramas, including “A Servant of Two Masters” (2014), “Grow Up” (2015), “My Best Ex-Boyfriend” (2015) and “Go! Goal! Fighting!” (2016), “Mr. Right” (2018) and “Memories of Love” (2018).

Maggie Jiang

At the height of World War II, Japanese forces invaded China and established a puppet regime. A group of courageous Chinese citizens take it upon themselves to fight back. Creating an underground network of citizens who operate as double agents, these brave individuals risk their lives to gather crucial intelligence deep within the enemy’s territory. With the intel they’ve gathered, will they be able to turn the tides of war? Inspired by historical events, this is a 2023 Chinese espionage thriller film directed by Cheng Er.

Hidden Blade

Ms. Jiang

Dragon TV

The 22nd floor of an apartment complex in a busy district of Shanghai, China is a very lively place! The apartments on this floor have female occupants, and as they all settle into the accommodation, they start to get to know one another – and support one another, despite coming from different backgrounds.

First, there’s Zhu Zhe (Zhang Jia Ning), a hotel manager who is starting to become concerned that her lack of an outstanding academic background is halting her progression up the career ladder. Sharing one of the flats are friends Yu Chu Hui (Li Hao Fei) and He Min Hong (Zhang Hui Wen). The former thinks she has the world all figured out, but soon realizes that life doesn’t always bend to her will. The latter has a heart of gold, but – despite her best intentions – sometimes ends up causing trouble when she was only trying to help! Ye Zhen Zhen (Maggie Jiang) is just getting started in her career as a biologist. But while she used to enjoy a range of privileges growing up, she soon discovers that the world of work can be unforgiving. And making up the quintet is the mysterious and glamorous office worker Fang Zhi Heng (Yang Cai Yu). Nobody can quite make her out, and she behaves strangely at times, but when the others get to know her, it turns out that Fang Zhi Heng has surprising depth to her personality. Initially, as they get on with life and love, they are wary of one another. But over time, these five women start to realize they have a lot in common!

“Ode to Joy 3” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Jian Chuan He.

Ode to Joy 3

The Joyous Team

Three successful women – Wang Man Ni (Maggie Jiang), Gu Jia (Tong Yao), and Zhong Xiao Qin (Mao Xiao Tong) – experience a turbulent start to their thirties.

Wang Man Ni has had a successful career so far – and hopes to enter into a marriage that will prove every bit as successful.
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But after meeting a man she thinks will be her perfect match on a cruise, she discovers that he does not believe in marriage. Worse still, she discovers that she is not the only woman in his heart – he has a girlfriend of seven years, too!

Meanwhile, Gu Jia was once happy to take a backseat role, playing the unseen hand and carefully guiding the career of her socially awkward and somewhat geeky husband. Her efforts paid dividends, with her spouse becoming his company’s CEO.

However, in an unexpected turn, her husband suddenly becomes involved with another woman. Will her happy home be broken up? Or will she find a solution to this nasty conundrum?

Meanwhile, life is very different for the more carefree Zhong Xiao Qin. She is married to a faithful husband who works in a steady job. She also has a middling career.
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After her divorce, she spends her free time writing novels.
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She expects that nothing will ever come of her writing, which is basically little more than a hobby for her. But one day, the unthinkable happens – a book company comes across her manuscripts and offers a huge sum for the right to publish her work.

Can the trio resolve their life and love dilemmas as the going gets tough?

“Nothing But Thirty” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was produced by Chen Fei and Xu Xiao Ou.

Nothing But Thirty

Hunan TV

In early 11th-century China, Emperor Renzong of Song (Wang Kai) is on a bold mission to reform the government.

His plan involves boosting administrative efficiency and strengthening local government – measures that prove exceptionally unpopular among his power-hungry ministers. The ministers attempt to slow down his progress – and hope they can force him to abandon his reforms altogether.

But the Emperor is sidetracked in his struggle when he learns a secret about his true identity. His biological mother is not, as he had thought, the Empress Dowager, but her maid and his imperial father’s concubine.

Overcome with guilt on learning this news, he decides to marry off his daughter Zhao Hui Rou (Ren Min) to a member of the concubine’s family.

However, the marriage does not go well. Zhao Hui Rou finds her new husband to be a bore, and begins to show her displeasure by flaunting court etiquette – irking the conservative court ministers more than ever!

How will the Emperor choose to deal with his freedom-loving daughter – and what impact will his decisions make on the future of the realm?

“Serenade of Peaceful Joy” is a 2020 Chinese period drama directed by Zhang Kai Zhou.

Serenade of Peaceful Joy

MEI DAXIA (大俠)

Growing up on the streets of Brooklyn, Xu Tian (Li Yi Feng) hopes to someday change his stars. Using his dreams of becoming a lawyer to push him on, Xu Tian works hard, using the gifts he’s been given to make his way from orphaned boy to successful lawyer. But Xu Tian isn’t the only one in New York City who’s chasing big dreams.

Moving to New York to pursue her dreams of becoming an icon in the fashion industry, Sheng Xia (Maggie Jiang) knows she has a long, hard road ahead of her; but that doesn’t stop her from trying. Opening her own little clothing shop in Manhattan, Sheng Xia bravely takes her first steps towards her dreams, knowing that with hard work, she can accomplish anything.

When Sheng Xia is offered the chance to present her clothes at an upcoming fashion show, she takes it, without hesitation. But when an accident at the show brings Xu Tian into her life, everything changes. As dreams and passions intertwine, Xu Tian and Sheng Xia find themselves stepping bravely into a whole new world, together.

A touching story of love and dreams, “Wait in Beijing” is a 2020 romance drama directed by Yan Po and Jie Hang.

Wait in Beijing

Team 7

ZJSTV

Heir to the nomadic Northern Qingyang tribe, Lu Gui Chen (Liu Hao Ran), is a hostage in the Eastern Land. During his time there, he meets Ji Ye (Chen Ruo Xuan), an illegitimate and unloved son who came to the Eastern Land to train as a warrior, and Yu Ran (Song Zu Er), the princess of the Winged Tribe who traveled to the Eastern Land as a refugee with her grandfather.

Living in such a tumultuous time, this trio of strangers are forced to work together to overcome a string of challenges. As time passes, this intrepid trio becomes fast friends but as is often the case in circumstances such as these, both young men slowly begin to develop feelings for Yu Ran. 

As Lu Gui Chen and Ji Ye struggle with their growing feelings, a much greater struggle begins to brew in the Eastern Lands. The powerful warlord, Ying Wu Yi (Zhang Feng Yi) has been stirring up trouble against the Emperor and war is coming.

Unable to ignore the trouble around them, Lu Gui Chen, Ji Ye, and Yu Ran join the battle against Ying Wu Yi at the Shangyang Pass but what awaits them will set them down a path that will change each of their lives forever.

A thrilling fantasy adventure directed by Zhang Xiao Bo, “Novoland: Eagle Flag” is the fifth installment in the “Novoland” saga and is based on the book of the same name, written by Jiang Nan.

Novoland: Eagle Flag

♞ Candle Knights ♘

Dragon TV, Jiangsu TV

What can 10 years do to a woman’s heart?

Lu Fei (Wallace Chung) first met Xin Chen (Maggie Jiang) when he was 18 and just starting at a top university and she was a rebellious high school student. Despite being polar opposites, Lu Fei and Xin Chen fall in love, only to be separated when Lu Fei decides to go to the United States to pursue his career.

Ten years later, Lu Fei has not been able to forget Xin Chen and decides to give up his overseas career and leave his fiancée, Ji Rou Li (Christina Mok), to search for Xin Chen. Xin Chen has returned to her hometown and is running a small business. Having just broken up with her boyfriend, Xin Chen is happy with her current single life and keeps her steadfast friend, Lin Le Qing (Aaron Yan), at bay despite his feelings for her. When Lu Fei comes back into her life, Xin Chen has no interest in him.

Lu Fei decides to settle in town to try to win back Xin Chen’s heart. But can he convince Xin Chen to give him another chance?

“Memories of Love” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Liu Miao Miao. It is based on the novel All Along the Way, Blooming Flowers Shall See Us Off by Qing Shan Luo Tuo.

Memories of Love

The Love Guardians

Xin Chen

Dragon Television, JSTV

He’s much less experienced at his side job. Cheng Hao (Jin Dong) is a dentist who credits himself as a love guru despite the fact that he has never been in a relationship. He loves to dole out relationship advice to his colleague Zhang Ming Yang (Li Nai Wen) and his best friend, Zou Bei Ye (Tian Yu), in their quests to find someone special.

But when Cheng Hao meets Luo Yue (Maggie Jiang), a feisty woman who has had too many bad past relationships, he may have met his match.

“Mr. Right” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Yao Xiao Feng. It is the second installment of the “Gentleman” series, following the popular drama “To Be a Better Man” (2016).

Mr. Right

Gone with the Shirt Team

Luo Yue

What can lure a retired coach back into the game? Mu Qi (Hu Ge) is a retired soccer coach who is having financial problems because of his past gambling habit. When he is asked to come back to the sport and coach the Yan Cui Ying High School’s losing soccer team, it doesn’t take too much arm-twisting to take the job. There, Mu Qi meets the passionate Pei Duo (Maggie Jiang), a math teacher who has been coaching the soccer team but sorely needs help whipping the group of misfits into shape. When Mu Qi and Pei Duo can’t agree on their philosophy for coaching the team, is there any hope of turning the losing team around and making it to the annual championships? “Go! Goal! Fighting!” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Li Guo Li.

Go! Goal! Fighting!

The Goalkeepers

Pei Duo

Parents force the breakup of two couples, but what happens to their lingering feelings years later? Li Tang (Jerry Yan) and Fu Fang Si (Maggie Jiang) were high school sweethearts, but the two end up breaking up due to pressures from Li Tang’s father and a misunderstanding. Li Tang eventually stands up to his father and leaves to start his own company. Years later, Fang Si is finally achieving her dreams as a fashion designer and dating Yin Hao Ran (Ron Ng). But their relationship gets complicated when Li Tang comes back into Fang Si’s life just as she is struggling professionally. Li Tang is now engaged to Cheng Xiang Nan (Viola Mi), a supermodel, who also happens to be Hao Ran’s ex-girlfriend. Xiang Nan was forced to break up with Hao Ran by her ambitious mother, but she has never gotten over her feelings for him. Will Li Tang and Fang Si now have the courage to listen to their own hearts? “My Best Ex-Boyfriend” is a 2015 Chinese drama series.

My Best Ex-Boyfriend

Fu Fang Si

HS Entertainment Group

A college freshman, Zheng Wei (Yang Zi Shan) is determined to marry her childhood friend someday so she follows him to the same university and enrolls in the civil engineering department. Excited to join her friend, Lin Jing (Han Geng), in their next great life adventure, Zheng Wei wastes no time in visiting Lin Jing at his dormitory only to find that her life-long friend has left for America. Unable to understand why Jing would leave without saying goodbye, Wei is devastated by her friend’s abandonment.&nbsp;

Sad as she is, Wei isn’t left to wallow in her grief for long as her three new roommates are determined to help her move on. With their help, Wei is able to let go of the pain her best friend left behind and move on. Determined to live her best life and never look back, Wei lets go of the past and finds a way to move on.

As time passes, Wei makes other friends on campus, including a couple of architecture majors. Visiting them on campus one day, Wei bumps into Chen Xiao Zheng (Mark Chao), a disciplined and hardworking architecture major with a cool exterior and every colder heart. Unimpressed by Wei’s laid-back attitude, Xiao Zheng is the last person to ever consider Wei as anything more than a nuisance, but fate has other plans.&nbsp;

As Wei and Xiao Zheng spend more time together, they find their opposing qualities are exactly what makes them interesting. In a classic case of opposites attracting, Wei and Xiao Zheng end up spending the rest of their college years in a relationship. However, not all things are meant to last and as graduation approaches, the two find their paths in life are destined to diverge.

Heartbroken once again, Wei decides not to dwell on the past but accept that what once was may never be again. Determined to keep moving forward, Wei finds a job and settles into a new stage in her life; but as time passes, she learns that some things from the past don’t always stay in the past.&nbsp;

Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, “So Young” is a 2013 Chinese drama film directed by Zhao Wei.

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