the chinese version was suppose to be cheap looking. they had an extremely low budget so the director had to get creative and that resulted in one episode of them just promoting a pill ad that was willing to sponser them LOOL. The whole show and the audience knew how bad the budget was.
I can't say much about the male actors but the female lead was pretty good and I'm happy the drama did really well (Like so well the government had to ban it) and the lead actors got recognition for it.
Is it the best story/plot line/ dialogue I have ever seen? No but it had it's quirky ness and it told a story that was quite refreshing considering the gender-bending/ time travel/ humor which MANY dramas have started to copy off of.
Which is better? I planned to watch it since I liked Chinese "Go, go princess" or w.e. was the name.