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Whenever people postulate a more balanced world where Asian powers manage to keep up with Europeans, they usually forget one thing : the consequences of possible ability of Asian empires to project power world wide, including into European-colonized western hemisphere.

This thought came up to me when I was writing my previous thread. Say, where Asian empires not only manage to fend off European imperialism, but follow it up by increasing interaction and exchange with European world, wouldn't it be possible for them to in turn, visit the European world and return the favor when they are vulnerable ? Without Indian and South East Asian riches, it seems that the loss of American colonies will be harder for Europe. It might lead to a premature decolonization, or it might actually lead to a slower development of American colonies. Either way, after European protection is gone, the Asian powers will then come for economic expansion, timing doesn't matter as long as Americas is 19th century OTL at most when Asians come. We always doubt that Asians from far away will ever have reason to colonize the seemingly poor Europe. But Americas is rich even after white Europeans settle and develop it. Bringing Chinese or muslims to colonize the virgin New World before or at the roughly same time as Europeans will indeed guarantee parity and easier to do, but having Asians coming after European settlements are firmly entrenched there is something seldom, if ever really explored before.

How will Asian hegemony develop post-colonial Americas ? Might be it will be treated the way Europe treated 19th century Asia ? Or perhaps in lighter touch, leaving most of the post-European states intact as clients ? Or somewhere in between ? How will European-descended American polities develop under a period of Asian yoke ?

And this marks as the last weird idea thread from me for today :p :D
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