Next century, move one billion "chinese" from the middle ages and into the eighteenth century!
It might be that in a century, when they think of space and the moon, they think of China. If someone would want to travel to the moon base, he would first trek on foot across the Silk Route to Beijing. Could happen. Could be that China will get their electric power from orbiting satellites, and a percentage of their food from orbiting farms, and American senators will be debating ANWR after traveling to Washington on horseback.