Take it and twist it...The Dragon Empire of the North invaded Eastwards into Asia, and eventually conquered your version of China. Perhaps later intertribal struggles severed the bonds and China broke off, but with a culture that is a fusion of Viking and Han.
BTW, historical evidence for this kind of thing exists to some extent: the most recent thing I heard was that a group of Viking tribes known as the Rus went Eastward to invade northern Eurasia...an area that became known as Russia. In our world, they stopped, in yours, they don't have to.
BTW, historical evidence for this kind of thing exists to some extent: the most recent thing I heard was that a group of Viking tribes known as the Rus went Eastward to invade northern Eurasia...an area that became known as Russia. In our world, they stopped, in yours, they don't have to.