Talk:Chinese (Age of Empires II)/@comment-192.214.230.49-20161013232614/@comment-162.247.120.203-20170323212244

The concept of a unified Han ethnic group appeared relatively late in history. It only appeared at the end of the Qing Dynasty or the early Republican era due to influences of western nationalism and the anti-manchu agenda of the revolutionary leaders. For most of Chinese history such a concept never existed. Neither the northern nor the southern Chinese should be considered as pure Han, as the north was influenced by various nomadic groups that entered China, while the south was influenced by southern ethnic groups. Northern and southern China were often divided between competing polities in Chinese history, and thus have somewhat different cultures as well as different military composition.

Instead of completely changing the original Chinese civilization, I suggest to keep it as it is and rename it as Northern Chinese, which is a civilization that represents Sinitic people + various northern ethnic groups, strong in archer and cavalry but somewhat lagging in technology. And add a new Southern Chinese civilization, which is a civilization that represents Sinitic people + various southern ethnic groups, with stronger infantry, navy, and gunpowder units, as well as a somewhat better tech tree, but weaker in archery and cavalry.