In American worldviews, East Asia can be seen as a sort of prototypical 'Other' that is also connected, unlike, say Central Africa.
This can be shown through:
Of course this requires a less racist Australia, and some reason for Australia to get involved in the Subcontinent.
EDIT: And more extensive and earlier (~1850s-1880s) Indian and Chinese migration to Australia/NZ
EDIT2: This also requires a more developed India or parts of it, as a sort of 'the future' like cyberpunk Japan - industrialized Tamil Nadu?
This can be shown through:
- immigration
- food - including Americanized versions
- geopolitics/trade - as rivals at some points (Japan in the 1930s-1940s, Japan in the 1980s, China now) and allies (Taiwan, RoK)
- music/animation etc.
Of course this requires a less racist Australia, and some reason for Australia to get involved in the Subcontinent.
EDIT: And more extensive and earlier (~1850s-1880s) Indian and Chinese migration to Australia/NZ
EDIT2: This also requires a more developed India or parts of it, as a sort of 'the future' like cyberpunk Japan - industrialized Tamil Nadu?
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