Since 1500: Overpopulation in China proper leads to the state founding new settlements on Taiwan, later on the Philippine islands too. The Indianized states in SE Asia, now influenced by Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese culture, develop new philosophies and religious schools. There are sects which start to pray to the legendary "Yellow Emperor" as a new god, or Confucius himself (who is popular among the SE Asian officials, as a kind of god of bureaucracy). 1505: Mega earthquake in Himalaya. Nepal and other states of the area are broken. 1514: Confucianism state religion in Ava (inner Burma).