43 minSeason 1 • Episode 46
LatestZheng Yao-Xian is a CCP spy code-named Kite and lurks in the Nationalist secret service.
Acting
Liu Yunlong plays triple agent with micro-expressions that deserve study.
Writing
46 episodes and not one wasted move — spy craft as tragic geometry.
Costume
Period uniforms hide identities; the details betray allegiances.
Creator
Liu Yunlong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the last major Chinese spy dramas to openly explore CCP intelligence failures and moral compromise before censorship tightened.
The title's double meaning — 'Kite' as code name and as toy — reflects Zheng's complete lack of agency; he's held by string he never controls.
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