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Stories Set in China — top stories

Dynasties and revolutions, wuxia swordplay, Beijing courtyards and Hong Kong neon — China gives storytellers five thousand years to play with. These ten famous works run from the Three Kingdoms era to the Cultural Revolution and beyond; StoryTerra's map holds thousands more, filterable by city and dynasty.

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10 famous stories set in China

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 272 books, 1,419 movies, 12 TV shows and 116 games set in China.

Mulan

Mulan

Walt Disney Pictures-Walt Disney Feature Animation
movie

To save her father from certain death in the army a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

Setting: ChinaTime Period: Ancient China
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel Studios
movie

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

Setting: San Francisco, USA; ChinaTime Period: Contemporary
Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

DreamWorks Animation
movie

When the Valley of Peace is threatened lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to…

Setting: Fantasy: Valley of Peace, ChinaTime Period: Fantasy: Ancient China analogue
Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Super Cool ManChu-Miramax-A Band Apart
movie

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one checking off the…

Setting: USA; Mexico; ChinaTime Period: 2000s
Skyfall

Skyfall

Danjaq-Columbia Pictures-Eon Productions-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-B23
movie

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory the new Chairman of the…

Setting: London, England; Shanghai, China; ScotlandTime Period: 2012
Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 2

DreamWorks Animation
movie

Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.

Setting: ChinaTime Period: Ancient China
A Dog's Journey

A Dog's Journey

DreamWorks Pictures-Universal Pictures-Amblin Entertainment-Pariah Entertainment Group-Reliance Entertainment-Walden Media-Alibaba Pictures Group-Amblin Partners
movie

A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

Setting: Michigan, USA; Colorado, USA; ChinaTime Period: Contemporary
Wish Dragon

Wish Dragon

Columbia Pictures-Sony Pictures Animation-Tencent Pictures-Flagship Entertainment Group-Beijing Sparkle Roll Media Corporation-Base FX
movie

Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.

Setting: Shanghai, ChinaTime Period: Contemporary
Mulan

Mulan

Walt Disney Pictures-China Film Group Corporation-Good Fear-Jason T. Reed Productions
movie

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns Hua Mulan the eldest daughter of an honored warrior steps in to take the place of…

Setting: ChinaTime Period: Ancient China
Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle

Star Overseas-China Film Co-Production Corporation-Huayi Brothers Pictures-Beijing Film Studio-China Film Group Corporation-Columbia Pictures-Sony Pictures Classics-Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
movie

It's the 1940s and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them kung fu masters and hidden…

Setting: Shanghai, ChinaTime Period: 1940s

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