AHC: Catholic China

IOTL The first missionary arrived 1600, and the first cathedral was started in 1604...

is there a way to make China Catholic, at least to the degree of the pacific isles.

Bonus points if religion isn't imposed.
 
Destroy the Confucian ruling class, for a start. And then make sure the Buddhists who will likely have the Emperor's ear in this scenario of the Buddha is (similar to) Jesus school (forgot the name). From there, you might see a syncretic, Buddhist-Catholic school of thought develop that we can call Eastern Catholicism for our purposes.
 
Destroy the Confucian ruling class, for a start. And then make sure the Buddhists who will likely have the Emperor's ear in this scenario of the Buddha is (similar to) Jesus school (forgot the name). From there, you might see a syncretic, Buddhist-Catholic school of thought develop that we can call Eastern Catholicism for our purposes.

Great start!

just as missionaries were blurring the lines between paganism and Catholicism in the barbarian lands, I feel that the same would happen in china, giving Catholicism more Buddhist traditions.
 
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