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Why would a left-leaning Russia not support anti-imperialism in China in this TL, exactly?

Perversely, I tend to think the best chances for a Chinese New World colony date to the late Ming and how its successors shake out, which, admittedly, doesn't get you there where I think the original poster wants.

The points about Chinese being unable or unwilling to travel or settle due to Confucianism, now let me look up the history of Chinese immigration in the 19th century.

I guess there's a decline for a little while in the early 50s, but that chart does not scream droughts in the 50s. http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2016/6/26/the-evolution-of-american-agriculture

Not sure Tokugawa subjects makes it more harmonious...

This is really fascinating.

This is great, although I am not sure Russia's drinking traditions date back to the Revolution.

If your argument is "it's cheating to look at the Byzantine's empire policy when it was conquering Muslims," then this is a silly conversation.

It is probably worth pointing out that the Byzantines ethnically cleansed Muslims from territories they reconquered in the 10th and 11th centuries. Which was not surprising for the time but let's be accurate here.

I must be honest, I have no clue what that is showing.

Sicily is an obvious one.

Let's take Spain for an example: why did Muslim Spain boom in a way Roman Spain didn't?

I already liked it on Reddit! but yes, good to see!

I don't think this is quite right. The people of Newfoundland had tons of better land nearby, and it was really focused on fishing. The St. Lawrence River Valley and the Thirteen Colonies are right there, after all. The way I think of it is this: If America was settled from the west coast...

One question; if Vinland was so inhospitable, whence comes the name? Why did the Norse describe is so... nicely?

Here's a question; when did the Saint Lawrence Valley even get maize cultivation in a significant way? What are the Norse trading for?

Are we really arguing Iceland is less marginal? Why?

So weird nobody remembers the bloody guerilla war! Was not the actual Japanese plan to *conquer China*? And then India, because YOLO.

In what sense? A prosperous, literate, peaceful society that avoided civil war after the Sengoku period. Seems... fine? 3 timelines over, the late Ming modernized due to the Japanese threat, crushed the Manchu, and then tamed the bandits of Nippon. Whoops. I forget, who won the Imjin war...

You might want to look at what the late Ming and early Qing were up to. Sure, maybe China won't modernize. OTOH, they conquered Central Eurasia during this period! Koxinga built a fleet to seize Taiwan on a dime. You would think recent history would make people question the orientalist, tired...