BUMP!!!! Another question I'd like to ask is: What would be the European colonial presence in Southeast Asia if China "pulls a Meiji" or Westernized? Could there still be a significant French presence in S.E. Asia?
BUMP!!!! Can anyone predict what long term effect, increased interaction with China could have had on Europe, where increased interaction with Europe would have led to a Meji China? tallwingedgoat, mentioned that there was a great fascination with China among Europeans at that time, how would those trends evolve once interaction with China has been taken to the next level?