Japan basically got the chance to be something bc Qing Dynasty refused to work with Imperialists colonists. The americans and portugues would have loved to be on China instead of the shitty Japan. Even thailand would have been mlre interesting to colonialists.
A major mistake that haunts the entire region to this day.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well, they had their presence in the late 16th-early 17th century