LEFT RIGHT (TV SERIES)

Be warned, this TV series is a slog: It’s the difficult story of a divorced couple who must have another child to cure their daughter of leukaemia. The series has earned praise from female netizens for its detailed portrayal of the distasteful side of childrearing in China, and the daily inequalities women struggle with in family life. This is subtly explored through scenarios in the couple’s lives, such as a mother-in-law serving up a placenta stew for the wife’s “health,” or the husband leaving the wife to take care of a crying baby in the middle of the night because “you can sleep during the day; I have work tomorrow.”