Talk:Aladdin (film)/@comment-24507225-20140324044721/@comment-25697799-20151101142736

The original story is an Arabian fairytale from 1001 Nights. There is indeed a version that has "China" as setting, but still all names and details (having a sultan, a vizier, etc.) are Arabic. Maybe for Middle Ages Arabs "China" was just a synonym for "a distant wonderful country"?