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What if East Asian powers (mainly China, Japan, and Korea) settled/colonized western North America?

I'm not very well-versed in history, but I've been really contemplating what the world would be like if East Asia had colonized or at least settled on the western portion of North America. I know there are several in our timeline occurrences that prevented this, such as isolationism, unfavorable ocean currents, and an overall lack of incentive. However, I'm still trying to figure an AH where this did occur but again, I do not know nearly as much history as a majority of people on here. I'm trying to create a timeline from roughly the 1400s to present day, so I'm stuck on how these events could get kicked off or how this would shape borders/events into the 20th and 21st century.
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