Dou Xiao, who also is known as Shawn Dou, is a Chinese actor. Born on December 15, 1988, he immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, with his family when he was 10 years old. After graduating from high school there, he returned to China to enroll in the Beijing Film Academy in 2008. He gained immediate fame after starring in the 2010 film “Under the Hawthorn Tree” directed by the famed Zhang Yimou. He has since starred in many popular films, including “Youth Dinner” (2017), which brought him the Best Actor award at the 11th Festival Du Cinema Chinois De Paris, and the television drama “Princess Agents” (2017).

Shawn Dou

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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

JiangsuTV, Youku

In the early part of the 20th Century, the Republic of China is struggling to establish itself, with the Imperial Japanese posing a growing threat to Chinese sovereignty. Against this backdrop, Xiao Bei Chen (Shawn Dou), a hotheaded teenager is growing up fast. He likes to bully a girl who has taken refuge with his family named Lin Hang Jing (Chen Du Ling), but she shows resilience and determination even when he intimidates her – a fact that ultimately leads him to fall for her.

The attraction grows, but Xiao Bei Chen discovers that his father wants to send him away to a military academy for several years. Before he leaves, he manages to get a promise from the family that he can marry Lin Hang Jing when he returns. But when, five years later, he comes back, he discovers that she is now promised to another man – Mu Zi Zheng (Yuan Hao). No longer an impetuous bully, Xiao Bei Chen has become a steely, focused young man. But he won’t give up on his plan of winning Lin Hang Jing’s heart. This plan could be thrown into turmoil when the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out in 1937, however. Suddenly all three are forced to choose a side – and their decisions could shape the destiny of not only their own futures, but also those of thousands of others...

“Love in Flames of War” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Chung Shu Kai.

Love in Flames of War

Love in 7️⃣ Flames of War

Mango TV, iQiyi, Youku, Tencent

Du Xiao Su (Li Qin) is an entertainment reporter on the hunt for a scoop. She goes undercover as a nurse so she can gain access to a hospital wing where a major star is receiving treatment after a traffic accident. At the hospital, she meets Shao Zhen Rong (Zhang Yun Long), a handsome doctor – and the two begin to develop strong feelings for one another. They eventually plan to marry, but when he invites her to his house to meet his family, she is aghast when she discovers that his brother Lei Yu Zheng (Shawn Dou) is a man she had a one-night stand with several years ago.

Recrimination follows, but it is soon followed by tragedy: A huge mudslide claims the life of Shao Zhen Rong. Du Xiao Su is distraught and works herself to the point of utter fatigue and sickness. Lei Yu Zhen witnesses her suffering and begins to wonder if he actually has deeper feelings for her. But can bygones ever be bygones for these two young people?

This drama was based on the novel “Variety Flowers at the Seaside,” authored by Fei Wo Si Cun.

“Tears in Heaven” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Shen Yi and Hua Qing.

Tears in Heaven

Angel's Wings Team 

Tencent

It is the late 10th century, and the Liao dynasty is at the zenith of its power. The powerful Liao rule much of what is now Northeast China, Mongolia, and Russia, as well as much of the Korean peninsula.

Prime Minister Xiao Si Wen and Princess Yan of the Liao have three daughters, but their favorite is the youngest – the hard-working and diligent Xiao Chao (Tiffany Tang).

Xiao Chao’s heart belongs to aspiring military commander Han De Rang (Shawn Dou), whose family have loyally served the Liao for decades. But her parents have other plans for her – and succeed in arranging for her to marry the Liao Emperor, Jin Zhong (Jing Chao).

She obeys and goes on to become the Emperor’s queen, as well as a fierce defender of the Liao – helping to mobilize the army, heading a 10,000-strong cavalry regiment and providing support for the civil administration. Eventually, she is named Empress.

In the meantime, however, Han De Rang has continued his own rise through the ranks of both the military and the government, becoming a powerful general and a minister.

Xiao Chao is prepared to do anything to help the realm…but can she contain her feelings for Han De Rang? And can he, in turn, control his heart, which still beats for his childhood sweetheart, now the Empress?

“The Legend of Legend of Xiao Chuo” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Jiang Jia Jun.

The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Beijing TV

Shi Jian (Tiffany Tang), aged 31, is on a plane, en route to a meeting. But mid-flight, the aircraft is rocked by heavy turbulence. Frightened for her life, she blacks out. When she regains consciousness, she finds she is no longer on the plane…and is no longer 31, either!
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Instead, she has been transported back 10 years into her own past and finds herself living as a 21-year-old university student all over again.

However, she still recalls all of her memories from the future. She decides to put these memories to what she thinks will be good use…
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She seeks out Ye Jia Cheng (Shawn Dou), the man whom she married after their university days, thinking it will improve their future relationship if they meet sooner the second time around.
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However, it turns out that university-aged Ye Jia Cheng is a very different person to the man she met and fell in love with – the younger version of Ye Jia Cheng likes to play with women’s hearts!

Will Shi Jian’s attempts improve the past – or jeopardize her future life? And will she fall in love with the man her future husband used to be?
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“See You Again” is a 2019 Chinese drama series directed by Zhong Shu Jia.

See You Again

We've met again

Youku

Medical school sweethearts, Yan Shu Ren (Shawn Dou) and Sun Shu (Vivi Miao) had everything going for them. One a Ph.D. candidate and the other an underclassman, they were both on a path to success, both in work and in love, until family difficulties and major crises drove them apart. Forced to drop out of school, Yan Shu Ren left Sun Shu without so much as the word "Goodbye". Heartbroken, Sun Shu decides to finish her studies abroad to escape the memories she’s haunted by at every turn.

Five years later, Shu Ren and Sun Shu are brought together once more. Doctors working at the same hospital, Shu Ren hopes to rekindle the flame he and Sun Shu once shared but she’s not so eager. Hurt by Shu Ren in the past, Sun Shu isn’t willing to give her heart to a man who once broke it but when her mother falls ill, things begin to change. 

With Shu Ren by her side, Sun Shu begins to realize her feelings for him have never really changed. Happy once more, life is good but when Shu Ren uncovers a secret about his mother’s death eight years ago, everything is thrown into turmoil. Dealt another cruel hand, can Shu Ren and Sun Shu overcome what lies before them or was their love doomed from the start?

"From Survivor to Healer" is a 2019 romance drama directed by Cao Dun and Cheng Qiang.

From Survivor to Healer

The survivors!

Hunan TV

During the lawless times of the Northern Wei, innocent citizens were kidnapped and turned into slaves.


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Chu Qiao (Zhao Li Ying) is one of the unlucky people who becomes enslaved and then thrown into a forest as a hunting target for the rich lords. Yan Xun (Dou Xiao), the Prince of Northern Yan, rescues Chu Qiao, and they develop a strong bond. But when she becomes embroiled with the powerful Yuwen family and Yuwen Yue (Lin Geng Xin) takes an interest in her, Chu Qiao will have to decide where her loyalties lie.


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“Princess Agents” is a 2017 Chinese drama series directed by Wu Jin Yuan. It is based on the novel 11 Chu Te Gong Huang Fei written by Xiao Xiang Dong Er.


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Princess Agents

The Dancing Fingers

Yan Xun

Eagerly looking forward to his four children’s annual summer visit, recently widowed and retired geologist, Guan Zhi Guo (Zhang Guo Li), is bitterly disappointed when, one by one, his children call and cancel. Determined to make the most of his newfound freetime, Zhi Guo decides that rather than wait for his children to come visit him, he will instead, go visit them.&nbsp;

Setting out for Tianjin first, Zhi Guo is certain his youngest son, Hao (Chen He) will be happy to welcome him. Little does Zhi Guo know that Hao has been on assignment in Tibet for weeks and has yet to return. After waiting for Hao to no avail, Zhi Guo sets out for Hangzhou, to visit his eldest daughter, Qin (Yao Chen). Rather than being met by the happy family he expects, he finds his daughter miserably married to a man who clearly doesn’t deserve her. Met again with disappointment, Zhi Guo heads to Shanghai to visit his eldest son, Quan (Shawn Dou), only to discover that he too has failed to live up to his father’s expectations. With only one child left, Zhi Guo heads to Macau to visit his youngest daughter, Chu (Ye Quian Yun), but once again, he finds her living a life entirely different from the one he imagined for her.

Realizing all his children have been hiding their true lives from him, Zhi Guo begins to wonder where things first went wrong. Will this patriarch be able to bring his family back together or have they all branched too far from the family tree?

A heart-warming family comedy, “Everybody’s Fine” is a 2016 film directed by Zhang Yi Bai.

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