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Well, there's always an exception in almost everything. :D Perhaps I should say "in general" but still there's simply not enough attention on the teaching of technology and science.

I disagree with the opinion that Chinese culture and philosophy is more disadvantaged than the west in any area. The main problem is that the rulers at that time doesn't really understand the importance of technology and trade; just take a look at the imperial exam at that time - it focused...

One of the main reason is the lack of interest in colonizing other parts of the world. If only Zhang He's expedition was continued and not stopped halfway and there are incentives for the Chinese to colonize other parts of the world, then the west won't stand a chance at all. Some people...

One vote for this idea ! :cool: I hope that someone can utilize this idea to create a proper TL :D

Yes, another update ! :) It will be very interesting to see some sort of pirate colony in the far east.

I'm curious of how the "royal couple" deals with other kingdoms : 1. European mindset is more of conquering other kingdoms and annex their territories (making it into a province and such). 2. Chinese mindset is more of having other kingdoms paying allegiance (by tribute) to the emperor...

I myself don't personally favor any of the pirates in particular :D As long as the pirates are there with their adventures and intrigues, I'll be very happy :cool: Simply said, this TL is well written and full of details; giving the readers a clear picture of what really happening with the...

Regardless of whether a religion is polytheism, monotheism or others, I personally believe that it's will better for the human race to have more religions spread more evenly compared to the OTL. :cool: The domination of major religions has been one the major cause of wars and conflicts around...

The main unique points of this ATL are 1. The pirates have some kind of "unity" when dealing with common enemies and common issues, despite some conflicts between themselves. This ensures that they are very unlikely to get completely wiped out should things got really really bad as...

Nice ATL. I would love to see Carthage develops the Americas and stand up successfully against Rome :cool:

Yarrrr, the pirates are back ! :D Cannot wait for more actions and intrigues in the future :cool:

Don't forget the 4 tones too, it is also another factor that makes Chinese harder to master. Japanese on the other hand, despite using Chinese characters only have one ton. But it does have so many variations of how it is spoken by people of different gender, age, profession, etc which also...

Actually, the Mongols also helped by the fact that many of the rulers of the kingdoms surrounding them during that time are incompetent. Genghis also willing to put his utmost trust in his generals's loyalty. He also listens to whoever can give him good advices. But his empire splits...

OK, I agree to not pursue the issue anymore. I agree that Persia is definitely a major power in central asia. But shouldn't it be very possible for the other nomads in central asia to entertain the idea of creating their own kingdoms ? After all in OTL, I'm sure that Genghis didn't...

This issue got nothing to do with Max Sinister anymore. When Emperor Qianlong said something about Max sinister and his own ATL, I said "Point taken" which means that I won't pursue the issue further with Max Sinister; it's his own ATL anyway. But then when I stated my personal dislike...

Nice ATL ! I like the way you wrote your ATL. Each paragraph doesn't contain too many long sentences and is easy to read. Looking forward for the update(s) :cool:

Are you personally attacking me ? When I state my opinion about another person that say something about becoming western-centric in the end, you said that it's about his own ATL so I should leave him alone. But why when I said about my personal dislike about the common misconception about...

Point taken; although I really don't like the common misconception of industrialization/modernization = westernization. It sounds very Euro-centric and tend to see other cultures as inferior. How about the other issue about the possibility of other nomads establishing new states in Central...

Becoming "Industrialized/Modernized" should be the term instead of "western-centric". I don't see any reason for them to become "western-centric". They have their own culture and industrialization/modernization is not the same as Westernization. Since the Mongol will still be there...

Agree with the emperor(s) need to become more business-minded. The emperor(s) also need to be more adaptive to the changes in the world.