Chinese America (Dongbu Diqu)

Foundation
In this timeline Emperor Yongle's sucessors were also interested in exploring, so in 1435 Chinese admiral and explorer Zheng He was ordered to do a eighth expedition to cross the Pacific Ocean. The fleet left in early 1436, and by the end of the year had made landfall in what is now the San Francisco Bay Area. Soon after, it was ordered that a trading post should be set up there to foster trade and improve souring relations with Native American tribes.

Initial Conflicts
The colony was threatened many times, but the time its destruction was closest was during October 1438, shortly after the town was fortified and garrisoned. Several nearby tribes felt threatened, and when there was a crop failure many tribes decided it was time to strike, formed a coalition, and attacked the colony. Estimates of death tolls vary widely, because the records hall was destroyed in a later attack, but most agree that the Chinese lost between 200 and 350 men, about three fourths of the garrison. Due to the use of gunpowder weapons by the Chinese, the Native Americans lost a disproportionately high number of casualties at 500 to 1,150 casualties. However, these figures are misleading, as almost two thirds of the town was destroyed. From then on, the remaining tribes joined China's side, and seized the coalition's land. From then on most enemies would be in the form of other colonial powers, most frequently: Spain, Tunisia, Portugal, and, at a later date, Japan.