Suppose that by the time 1800 rolls around, Britain has lost most of its major holdings in India to whatever minor states occupy the subcontinent, and that it is unable to expand to China because of a stronger Qing Dynasty there. If Britain was to create an empire in Asia, where would it go instead? Would it take the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam, East Indies, etc? Assume that the Qing Dynasty is strong enough to keep China, but not strong enough to remove Europeans from states like Korea or Vietnam, and that Britain is unable to try to take India again. Given that India and China were the most lucrative targets, would Britain largely give up and restrict itself to various minor ports?