@GLR476 , let's leave the popularity of one country > another to some different discussion. China as it is today will have a slow picking up speed to dominate the world stage, but you can't say it's not infiltrating...think about how many big budget movies in the Hollywood are now hugely sponsored by chinese firms....and how it's using world event/crisis to expand its influence.
On the other side, China does have a much prolonged and interesting history that sets itself aside, the never ending military conflicts throughout the millenniums and the sheer scale would be what the West would never think of imagining.
It is almost always intriguing to me that when cohorts of Roman Legionnaires faces off Chinese Expedition to the city states of middle east, who would come out on top, they never had a chance to face off and that's history.
or when Alexandar the Great if he decided to push east further and finally meet the Kingdom of Qin, would Alexandar really be unbeatable?
Confucism may have dragged China's evolution on philosophy, technology behind, but it also held the country together compare to western empires crumbling into kingdoms after mere centuries at best.
It is also debatable that, if it were true, that both the Huns and the Gokturks etc were driven off the gates of China yet they brought Roman and later Byzantium empires to their downfall, does that not make the military might of ancient China to be reckoned with? Especially those prior to the 10th Century AD.
Of course, with the stagnant non evolutionary rule inspired by the Confucism centric beaurucrates, China is always behind after 10th Century AD, with constant take over and invasions by those nomadic / barbarian tribes, then Mongol, Japan, Western countries,....into modern history.
Just focusing on MB's mechanics and settings, this could be a place where ancient pre 10th century china theme shined, but they are not appealing to the modern global citizens as we know. Doesn't mean that couldn't change if enough people want to band together to create mod for such theme. And as China's new generation are growing, we can perhaps see that happening sooner than later.
On the other point, I do totally agree with most of ppl in this thread, I also oppose adding China/far eastern factions to the base game. The political/military systems are just vastly different historically, and even on a fictional setting, they should not coexist in the same game era/stage.
If the OP really wants to, just put up a thread in the subforum and see if he can band up some modders that are likely minded (Highly doubt TW will have the resources or incentives to do an official DLC based on far east....if so, better NOT be Three Kingdoms!) and create mods for it.
