AHC: Asian colonies on West Coast

At 1600, Japan is starting to move towards isolation, Korea is reeling from an invasion that destroyed most of their arable land, and China is governed by a collapsing infrastructure that, in the next half-century, will see the entire country lost to the Manchus, whom they see as barbarians. Your best bet is probably a Manchu-funded colonial expedition, but they had no interest in this OTL. The challenge is changing that.
If the Ming had more of a navy, their loyalists bolting far afield is an alternate outcome....
 
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