What if Movable type in Song China had gone differently?

Bi Sheng sets text in reusable ceramic characters.

If it had gone differently: Printing stays a woodblock craft for the rare classic; no template for cheap mass text reaches anyone.

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Later turning points that leaned on Movable type in Song China. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 900Gunpowder weapons in China. Without it, War stays a matter of walls, horses and bows; castles and cavalry keep their thousand-year dominance.
2. 1440Gutenberg's printing press. Without it, Books stay hand-copied and rare; literacy spreads at a crawl for another century.