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The Sultan doesn't approve of the age gap (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The original story actually takes place in China. But I've never seen an adaption take that into account. There's probably a Chinese version somewhere that accidentally is more canonically correct.

[โ€“] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Arabian Nights depicts Aladin as vaguely chinese though there is no Jasmin in that one.