Before Daybreak(2010)

Before Daybreak is a Chinese historical drama set in Shanghai during 1948, as the civil war between the Communists and Nationalists reaches its climax. When a traitor reveals the identity of a high-level CCP undercover operative, the Nationalist secret service launches a desperate hunt to locate and eliminate him. The series unfolds as a tense cat-and-mouse game across the city's shadowy streets, where loyalties shift and survival depends on staying one step ahead. Caught between competing intelligence agencies and personal allegiances, the protagonist must navigate a world of espionage, betrayal, and moral compromise. Before Daybreak captures the paranoia and danger of Cold War-era Shanghai, exploring how ordinary people become entangled in extraordinary circumstances during one of modern China's most turbulent periods.