[Dragaera] Dragaeran empire compared to China

[Howard Brazee]

Ken Koester wrote:
> I dunno. Wasn't the dynamic of Chinese expansion as much or more
> towards southeast asia, the pacific rim, Indonesia, etc?  It ebbed and 
> flowed and ebbed and flowed over time, which strikes me as similar to 
> the Empire's preoccupation with the east.  the great pushes to the west 
> I associate more with the capture of China by outsiders & their 
> redirection of interests.  (I admit, I know little of Chinese history.)
>
>   
While China had a long history of internal wars that fit Dragaera well, 
part of its isolation was due to its conquest by the Mongols.   It did 
have its exploration period, but the sea never was its threat.