如果是西边而来的东方亚洲人发现了美洲大陆而不是从欧洲航海过去的白人发现的，你认为美国会更好吗？ [美国媒体]

Do you think America would be better if it had been founded by east Asians sailing from the west instead of white Europeans sailing from the?
Update: The USA I mean, not the various tribal nations that preceded it.

如果是西边而来的东方亚洲人发现了美洲大陆而不是从欧洲航海过去的白人发现的，你认为美国会更好吗？
更新：我指的是美国，而不是美国成立之前的各个部落国家。（America可以指美洲也可以指美国）

Answers
Andrew
Best Answer:  I'm assuming that by "East Asia" you are referring to China, specifically the Ming Dynasty, as it was during that time period that the Chinese possessed the means to transport large numbers of people across the Pacific and to provide assistance for them while they forged settlements there. Korea was a vassal state of China at that time, and while Japan was independent of China, it was only a very small regional power, incapable of gaining a toehold on another continent. 

最佳答案：我假设你说的“东亚”是指中国，特别是明朝，因为在那个时期，中国人拥有运输大量人口穿越太平洋的方法，并能为在那里建立定居点的人提供援助。朝鲜当时只是中国的一个附庸国，日本嘛虽然独立于中国，但它当时只是一个非常小的区域大国，无法在另一个大陆上获得立足之地。

Had the Chinese attempted to settle the West Coast of North America, they would have faced many of the same difficulties that Europeans faced when they crossed the Atlantic, and it would be impossible to say whether or not the early settlements would have taken hold and prospered, never mind being able to guess whether or not they would have grown and expanded and made it possible for other settlements to come into existence later. 

如果中国人试图在北美西海岸定居，他们将面临欧洲人在穿越大西洋时所面临的许多同样的困难，并且很难说早期的定居点是否能牢牢占据和繁荣发展，不介意猜测一下他们是否能成长和扩张，让这些定居点可以为后续移民过来的人提供可能性。

By the time Europeans began to settle North America in greater numbers, the Chinese fleet was only a shadow of what it had been centuries before. It's also likely that the Chinese would not have been all that interested in looking to put down roots on North America as the Chinese approach to annexation and subjugation and conquest differed from the views held by Europeans at that time. North America was never a very populous place compared to Western Europe or East Asia. There was very little in the way of agriculture, certainly nothing that could begin to compare with that of East and Southeast Asia or Western Europe, meaning that it would have been rather difficult for the Chinese to trade with the natives or to supply settlers with sustenance. The East Coast of North America bears many similarities to Western and Northern Europe - many of the same species of plants and trees and animals can be found in both places. Such is not the case when comparing east Asia to the West Coast of North America. Traditional Chinese staple crops would not have done well in North America whereas Europeans - with extensive help and guidance from native Americans of course, were able to see their crops flourish. China was happy to exact tribute from her neighbours and did not see the sense in entering into an arduous, expensive and lengthy endeavour like settling another continent. And if they had, with the change of dynasties would have come the decision to abandon the enterprise anyway. North America was destined to fall under the European sphere of influence. The fact that the British, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Danish and the Russians were the ones to gain the greatest influence is no surprise. All were relatively wealthy countries at that time and all had large, strong fleets. The fact that the British, and settlers of British descent, came to hold dominion over the choicest bits of the New World was probably also something that anyone could have foreseen.

当欧洲人开始大量地定居北美时，中国船队只是几个世纪以前的影子。由于中国的吞并、镇压服和征服方式不同于当时欧洲人的观点，似乎中国人并没有兴趣去寻找和扎根北美。与西欧或东亚相比，北美以前从来就不是人口众多的地方。在农业方面北美也几乎没有什么可以与东亚和东南亚或西欧相比的东西，这意味着中国人与当地人进行贸易或为移民提供补给是相当困难的。北美东海岸与西欧和北欧有许多相似之处 - 在这两个地方都可以找到许多相同种类的植物，树木和动物。而北美西海岸与东亚相比较情况就大不一样。传统中国主食作物在北美的生长情况不会很好，而欧洲人在当地美洲人的广泛帮助和指导下，能够看到他们的作物茁壮成长。中国会很乐意收到来自邻国的纳贡，但是像进入另一个大陆定居这样需要付出艰难，昂贵和漫长的努力的活动他们却不热衷。即使他们有这样的计划，随着朝代的更替他们也将会放弃这项活动。北美注定要落入欧洲势力范围之内。英国，法国，西班牙，荷兰，葡萄牙，丹麦和俄罗斯获得了最大影响力这一事实并不令人意外。它们当时都是相对富裕的国家，都拥有庞大而强大的舰队。英国人和英国后裔移民能够控制新大陆最好的地区，这或许也是所有人都能预见到的。

ohn P
There are so many aspects to that question that it would require a fair-sized book to cover them properly. 
For a start: what is "better" in that context?
J

这个问题涉及到很多方面，需要一本厚厚的书才能方方面面说清楚。
首先：这里说的“更好”是指什么？

bluebellbkk
Define "better", then tell us "better" for whom and when and how?

你先定义“更好”，然后告诉我们这是对谁来说，什么时候，怎么样的“更好”？

trurider 
If it had, maybe Americans wold not be so thick and stupid.

如果标题成立的话，也许美国人就不会那么愚笨和迟钝了。

Athena
Sorry but that could not have happened. 
A totally different basis for civilization. 
You need the social fabric to do what Europe did. 
The East did not have that.

对不起，那是不可能发生的。
那是一个完全不同的文明基础。
你需要那样的社会结构去做欧洲人曾经做过的事。
东亚不具备。

armouror
America would have been better if they had Honored the treaty of Gent and Kept the west for the Indians as they agreed and Signed in the Treaty of Gent

如果美国尊重和同意签署“根特条约”，像他们承诺的那样把西部划给印第安人，那美国现在是会更好

Filled with God
Possibly not

或许不会吧

Pearl L
i dont think theres any ways we can know that if it didnt happen like that

如果事情没有发生，我认为我们无法通过任何方式知道其走向 

Anonymous
No. But there would be very few blacks and Mexicans that’s for sure.

不会更好，但肯定会有更少的黑人和墨西哥人。

StephenG
a lot happier no slaves no problem with blacks

会更快乐，没有奴隶，没有黑人问题

Anonymous
Duh. Clothing would still be made in China.

呵呵，衣服还是会在中国制造。

Alderman Keno
Yes. The White House would now be the Curry House.

会哦。而且白宫现在将成为咖喱宫。

?
No cause then we would have to learn how to speak Asian

那我们就要学如何讲亚洲话了

GC
No....

不会的……

vote_libertarian_in_2008
It certainly wouldn't have been called "America," now would it?

那它当然不会被称为“美国”了，你说还会更好吗？

History
There is some evidence to suggest that it was.

有一些证据表明曾经有可能会这样呢。

Anonymous
It would of been the same. Many native americans would of died. Depending which asian nation, most likely china, would of used slave labor of some type to expand the colonies.

情况会是一样的。许多美洲本土人会死。取决于哪个亚洲国家发现，最有可能的是中国，它会使用某种类型的奴隶劳工来扩张殖民地。