Who else could colonise the "Philippines"?

Manila was not the only center of trade back the but the other center of trade with china was Batangas but for trade with Japan/Ryukyu it was Northern Luzon since it was the hub of trade between japan and the malay archipelago.

Actually avoiding or changing the course of the famine in 17th-19th centuries could switch the population in favor to pagans and ethnic groups like ibanags, kapampangans, sambals and the pagans (which had a hindu influenced religion) and could form a pagan state, it was stated that indians and japanese were the foreigners in northern luzon aside from the javanese in the spanish records.
 
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