I haven't watched many Chinese dramas so I don't know which ones to watch. I don't mind sad ending as long as there is some good romance in it. If it has a happy ending- that would be great. I tried My Bratty Princess but it comes off as a bit cheesy and annoying at times. Should I continue with that? I want more suggestions, please!
Addicted (I know there are at least 2 addicted2dramas on MDL so I hope you're the one I'm friends with) ... LOOOOOONG TIME!
Your activity has reduced drastically since a year ago when I joined the site! What's going on?

Anyway, to answer your question. I'd be interested in some Chinese dramas of this kind too. The only one that comes to mind, and actually the only Chinese drama I've seen to date, is Le Jun Kai.

If you're interested in movies check out Love Will Tear Us Apart and Double Xposure. Interestingly I was surprised to find that, even with the strong censorship of Chinese cinema, these romantic drama films were a lot better than some of their Korean counterparts.
hi try out' Waking love up, just you and love around
I also don't watch many chinese one and there's only a few on my dramalist but if I've to rec some I've to say it's Legend of Lu Zhen http://mydramalist.com/chinese-drama/4269/female-prime-minister .Really2 great acting,plot,music,costumes and so far there's no annoying moments for me. Eventhough I did'nt finish it yet bcoz its quite long but still.. I'll finish it one day :)
You Seem to appreciate Ariel Lin ?! So I recommend you to watch Lan Ling Wang a very good Chinese drama despite its flaws .
I usually end up dropping Chinese dramas as they're tooooo long even if the stories are quite good. Bu Bu Jing Xin Sealed with a kiss Rent a girlfriend home for New Year Introduction of the princess Schemes of a beauty
Here is a list of some that I watched and loved.

The Little Fairy
A Clear Midsummer Night (real life couple)
The Queen of SOP II (There is The Queen of SOP I but it isn't really my cup of tea)
Startling By Each Step
Another Brilliant Life
Schemes of a Beauty
Ru Yi (real life couple)
Prince of Lan Ling
Palace: The Lock Heart Jade
My Sassy Girlfriend
My Daughter
Cuo Dian Yuan Yang
Love Is Divine
Legend of Lu Zhen
Gorgeous
Waking Love Up
I would recommend you to watch Startling By Each Step! It's such a great drama!
I tend to lose interest with Chinese dramas & it doesn't help that there aren't that many available in good quality with English subs. One that I absolutely fell in love with (despite poor video quality) is Sealed with a kiss
mmm. By Chinese do you mean only from China or do Taiwan and Hong Kong dramas count too? There are a ton of Taiwan Dramas I could recommend.
and I think romance and cheese pretty much go hand in hand unless you want a melodrama.
Here are some great romances ...some have cheese.
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/209/summers-desire
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/760/sunny-happiness
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/3090/sugar-cake-garden
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/7183/jiu-shi-yao-ni-ai-shang-wo (very cheesy but fun too)
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/2957/in-time-with-you
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/133/mars (very romantic, classic, must watch)
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/106/smiling-pasta (silly fun--the total taiwanese rom/com package)
http://mydramalist.com/chinese-drama/1586/rent-a-girlfriend-home-for-new-year (get to see some Chinese traditions and a jeep commercial)
And I agree that Startling by Each Step is amazing...but long (9)
And Sealed with a Kiss is definitely different for any Kdrama you have seen.(7)
I just finished "Prince of Lan Ling". It's a really good Taiwanese drama.
Best Time is awesome, if you also like some bickering between the main leads while falling in love. Wallace Chung is in it and his character is just adorable and very cool. Alone the gazes that he throws at the female lead are to die for ;)
I highly recommend "Boss & Me", "My Sunshine",  and "My Best Ex-Boyfriend" :) Currently watching "Best Time" and I'm actually enjoying it!
Yea, it really depends what genre you want. And when you say chinese does that include taiwanese? 

For chinese dramas:
Modern:
- Boss and me (really cute sweet romantic comedy)
- My sunshine

Historical/political
- Scarlet heart
- Prince of lan ling
- Legend of Luzhen
- Schemes of beauty 

Historical/romcom
- Perfect couple
- Rapture and found

Historical/fantasy/wuxia
- Journey of Flower (this is completely fictional however it was amazing, highly recommend even though its 50 eps)
- Swords of legends (this I also highly recommend, friendship is strong in this drama)
- Swordsman (no fantasy but it's about the martial arts world)

For taiwanese: these are all modern romcoms
- Autumn's concerto (this one is a classic, it has a melodrama feel)
- My Lucky star 
- Prince turns into frog
- Love keeps going
- Pleasantly Surprised

These are all the chinese/taiwanese dramas that comes to mind. 
I don't know what genre you wanted so I just listed most of my favourites. 
I few of them I don't think there's subs.