WI: Intensive European contact to East asia delayed to late 16th Century

What if Intensive European contact with asia and the Christian Missions to Asia was delayed to late 16th Century or early 17th century, how would that effect Japan and China.
 
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You do know how impossible this is w/o a POD some ten to eleven centuries earlier, don't you? An advanced working force field stretching from the Arctic Ocean south to the Indian Ocean would also work, I suppose.:D

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Chronology of European exploration of Asia

Also, since Persia and ASIA Minor are in Asia, contact being delayed until the 16th century BC, even, is asb.

That is not what I mean, I edited my first post.
 
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