With a POD in 1894, make the Chinese a significant majority(~20%) of the Philippine population.
With a POD in 1894, make the Chinese a significant majority(~20%) of the Philippine population.
Have to change American attitudes toward the Chinese.
Have to change American attitudes toward the Chinese.
As with most emmigrations/immigrations: what situations would push the Chinese out from their homeland, and what conditions would pull them towards the Philippines in particular?
Also, would this be a spike of mass movement(refugees?) , or a steady surge over time (people looking for an opportunity?)
As for the challenge: maybe the OTL US-Philippines War got even bloodier, resulting in a even greater genocide than OTL in the Philippines, and the ethnic Chinese were somehow less victimized by this catastrophy.
And how does that increase the rate of Chinese peoples in the Philippines?
Maybe you misunderstood his post? That looks like basic logic to me. Unless there were no ethnic Chinese there then, disproportionally killing of Filipinos results in other ethnic groups become larger in percentage in the surviving population.
Since the POD is 1894, just have the Chinese Exclusion Act never applied in the Philippines by the time Americans conquered the country. The application of the act lessen the flow of Chinese immigrants to the Philippines after Americans acquired the Philippines. However, I don't think it's enough to have the 20% of Filipino population being pure Chinese by today as you need a POD in the 17th century where the Spaniards instead tolerant and favorable to Chinese immigrants compared with OTL.
With a POD in 1894, make the Chinese a significant majority(~20%) of the Philippine population.