A still of Wonder Encounters in Life, in which singer-songwriter Pu Shu and hostess Aya Liu visit Havana. [Photo/Official weibo account of Tencent Video Qiyu Rensheng]

Making connections across the world

Tencent Video, one of China's major video streaming platform owned by internet giant Tencent, has produced many genre-defining shows in recent years. Qiyu Rensheng, meaning Wonderful Encounters in Life, is one of them.

The documentary reality program invites one celebrity to travel with hostess Aya Liu in each one-hour episode. They adventured in countries including Zambia, Cuba, Japan and Iceland, meeting people and looking for a different sense of self, and most importantly, connections with the hearts of people from all around the world.

The cast included singer-hostess Dee Hsu, singer-songwriter Pu Shu, Mao Buyi as well as comedian and writer Li Dan.