Chinese audiences were more interested in history and were more historically minded .
The novel as an extended prose narrative which realistically creates a believable world of its own evolved in China and in Europe from the 14th to 18th centuries , though a little earlier in China .
China audiences were more interested in history and were more historically minded .
The novel as an extended prose narrative which realistically creates a believable world of its own evolved in China and in Europe from the 14th to 18th centuries , though a little earlier in China .