China - Spreads vs Synagogues

[Stalker0]

So with China I always try to go Theocratic + Synagogues, for maximum We Love the Empress day synergy.

Now generally I spread to all cities before synagogues. However, considering that China's capital often has a good science base and will almost certainly have turns of WLTED built up, do you think its worth going synagogue first over the initial spread just to get that bonus rolling?

 

[CrazyG]

I'd consider a synagogues before a missionary in this situation. Maybe 1 missionary then synagogues, because flipping 2 cities helps pressure so much.

 

[Grassland Farm]

I often build those scaling% religious buildings (synagogue mosque...) in the capital somewhat early, before missionaries, especially when playing tradition.
Because of the yields ofc but also because holy city is your biggest source of pressure and is usually positioned so that it's close to your satellites, roaded to them (more pressure) and often either close to a city state.



After that, I spend faith on missionaries rather than more buildings, so that I may guarantee a Reformation tenet before others take over. If I'm safe from other religions then I'd rather wait a Great Prophet than get more buildings, unless those buildings work with flat yields/wide playstyles (e.g Orders warmonger, Church spam...)