After reading all of the comments so far, I learned a lot.
I agree regarding the words about Confucianism in that it hindered China's development in many aspects, which is what I will consider.
I honest didn't know about the specific currents in the Pacific Ocean, so thank you.
Overall, this thread has provided me with a treasure trove of information and how things might have happened if the Chinese made colonies in the Americas. I was thinking about writing a book on this and I learned much more than I had anticipated. It is one of those areas of history where colonialism is only understood from a Western perspective and I wanted to know how that might have occurred with an Asian power. It has happened before, with the Japanese in Korea and Taiwan, and that was a completely different dynamic as opposed to white vs brown people
I agree regarding the words about Confucianism in that it hindered China's development in many aspects, which is what I will consider.
I honest didn't know about the specific currents in the Pacific Ocean, so thank you.
Overall, this thread has provided me with a treasure trove of information and how things might have happened if the Chinese made colonies in the Americas. I was thinking about writing a book on this and I learned much more than I had anticipated. It is one of those areas of history where colonialism is only understood from a Western perspective and I wanted to know how that might have occurred with an Asian power. It has happened before, with the Japanese in Korea and Taiwan, and that was a completely different dynamic as opposed to white vs brown people