Li lashes out at her critics

Li Shaohong, one of the country's most productive women directors, is facing growing doubts over her casting decisions for the adaptation of A Dream of the Red Mansions, an 18th-century novel by Cao Xuqin. Fierce criticism over the costumes and debates over her ability to create a worthy program have been raging for months.

She appears to have been playing musical chairs with some of the key roles in the show, and netizens have been up in arms ever since a series of costume pictures was released two months ago.