Around 500AD
Some interesting stuff happened around this time. I noticed Rik hadn't build the Collosus although it would benefit him hugely with Hangzou being a sort of fishing metropolis. I decided to build it defensively in Beijing and finished it 540AD. This sparked some mail discussion that accompanied the save which learned me Rik didnt know the Collosus would affect all water tiles, not just the city it's built in. He wrote he'd rather not build a useless Collosus in his capital if he couldnt build it in Hangzou where it would be usefull. I guess I got lucky there.
In 580 AD the world looks like this:
The F9, same general picture as before :
The tech situation:
Tech lead still looks good, I also have literature which doesn't show in the diplo screen because Rik also lacks aesthetics.