What if either the Hongxi Emperor, son of the Yongle Emperor (or if not him than one of his brothers succeeding instead), maintained interest in China's navy and its explorations in the "Western Ocean"?
Would China take to policing the trade routes of the Indian Ocean, and prevent or delay the Portuguese in the 1500's from establishing their Estado da India vice-kingdom?
And would this policy lead China to overseas colonialism?
Would China take to policing the trade routes of the Indian Ocean, and prevent or delay the Portuguese in the 1500's from establishing their Estado da India vice-kingdom?
And would this policy lead China to overseas colonialism?