chinese america

  1. WI: China ships 10 million women to the US in 1973

    https://www.scmp.com/article/626178/mao-offered-10m-women-trade-us So, what if Kissinger takes this as comedy and jokingly accepts, yet to his surprise shiploads of Chinese refugees begin swarming the west coast in the following months? How would the US respond? China wouldn't accept them...
  2. What if the Norse, China, and Mali all discovered America

    While there are many timelines about a successful Vinland, a few about China and the odd one about Mali discovering the Americas i have yet to see one involving all three of these scenarios happening at once. handwaving any ASB lets just say that the Ming dynasty was more ambitious and that...
  3. WI: Taoist Colony in South America

    Let's say that China does discover the Americas during the treasure voyagers but for now there's only some trade with the native kingdoms and maps drawn of the west coast. Eventually in the 1500's a group of Taoists decide that the Ming are too centralized but realizing that another rebellion...
  4. AHC: A surviving Roman Republic, Britain, Russia, and China race to colonize the Americas

    Let's say the Roman Republic remains a republic instead of becoming an empire with reforming to ensure long term stability like having a plan of succession of power, leaving land that provides no resources and consolidates its losses to ensure it stays afloat for a while. While Britain, Russia...
  5. Sarthak

    Chinese Discover Alaska and British Columbia in 1410-1412, Sinicization (NOT Colonization) of the West Coast?

    I was reading through Zheng He by Zhou Zibin, given to me by my professor who is from mainland china. In chapter 27 of the book, the book records using ming records that in 1410, a drought in the lucrative fur trade had created a small economic downturn which was negatively impacting the...
  6. The Militant Doberman

    Bronze Age “Chinese Mesoamerica” in AH works?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec_alternative_origin_speculations So I’ve seen AH & sci-fi stories use the “Zheng He‘s treasure ships contact New World civilizations” premise as their POD, but I can’t think of any works based around the idea of Ancient Chinese forming the Olmec. Does anyone...
  7. Whiteshore

    DBWI: Fusang wasn't discovered by the Chinese?

    As we all know, the Chinese discovered the continent of Fusang (OOC: The Americas) in the 15th century with the Chinese establishing colonies there a few decades later, but what if the Chinese weren't the ones who discovered the continent of Fusang? Who would have discovered Fusang instead? Dar...
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