Snake Featherston
Banned
IOTL the Qing Empire did extend Chinese influence into a good-sized chunk of Central Asia, but this was very late in the history of the Chinese imperial system. What kind of changes would be necessary for an earlier Chinese dynasty to extend its own influence into this region? What kind of influence would the Chinese have? Would it be colonies? Trading stations? Military outposts? Would this mean an earlier Chinese-Russian confrontation?