AHC: Create a nation that is a blend of Europeans and East Asians.

Moluccas.
Not only there, while the former Dutch East Indies had a substantial yet small Dutch elite, there were more mixed descent Indos, but the majority, always remained the various ancestor peoples of the Indonesians (one Dutch steered the unification of the archipelago and with deals with other European colonial powers borders were defined, for instance the border between Indonesia and Malaysia could have been different).

Moluccas could work, after 1945 though, provided the struggle after the declaring Indonesian independence after 1945 goes different. The ruling elite in the Netherlands was surprised, during the Japanese occupation some the new Indonesian leadership had cooperated with the Japanese, and they thought every could be returned to normal. They totally forgot and underestimated the development started after at least WWI. Still let's say, the KNIL (Royal Dutch (East) Indies Army), who had quite some Moluccan soldiers, manages to do better in the Moluccas and keep this (together with Dutch (West) New Guinea), while the rest of Indonesia gains independence like IOTL. Very likely with the promise about a future plebiscite regarding independence. Or a Left Dutch government, basically helps them out of the door, like what happened IOTL with Suriname.
Then IMHO certainly the Moluccan KNIL soldiers will go home to there, many Indo KNIL soldiers with their families, might prefer moving to there than the Netherlands, same could apply to some of the Dutch, who after a few generations felt 'native' there.
This will have repercussions on the Netherlands, since IOTL all these group were both willingly or forced to repatriate to the Motherland, the Netherlands.
 
All the talk of the potential of Taiwan as a place to mix, especially with the Spanish involved, makes me ask - what was the Spanish and Spanish-American contribution to the Filipino gene pool in OTL? Was it trivial or non-trivial?
 
All the talk of the potential of Taiwan as a place to mix, especially with the Spanish involved, makes me ask - what was the Spanish and Spanish-American contribution to the Filipino gene pool in OTL? Was it trivial or non-trivial?
afaik there isn't any considerable Spanish blood in the Pilipino gene pool
 
All the talk of the potential of Taiwan as a place to mix, especially with the Spanish involved, makes me ask - what was the Spanish and Spanish-American contribution to the Filipino gene pool in OTL? Was it trivial or non-trivial?
At the very most 10%, likely around 2-5% and possibly lower, as low as 1%.
 
If the Indo Europeans invaded South East Asia and committed a genocide against the locals and if the Chinese throughout their history had been more expansionistic, then there is a good chance that there could exist regions of SEA that are a blend of European and East Asian.
Alternatively if the Indo E conquered China and intermingled with the natives, similarly to the Iranians, then you could have a part European part East Asian nation.
Genocide usually means a lack of ethnic intermixing.
 
Formosa and Singapore seem like the most likely options. They're some of the few places that are both liveable for Europeans and sparsely populated enough prior to settlement for Europeans to have even the slightest chance of making up a noticeable share of the population. Everywhere else would just be an East Asian country with some European immigrants.

Another option might be Manchuria? If the Qing hadn't conquered China Russia could have absorbed the region, then when its industrial potential is discovered lots of Russians would move to the region resulting in a mixed population. Finally the Russian empire collapses and Manchuria emerges as an independent state.
 
Mixed marriages happened in British India though.
As a rule of thumb mixed marriages were more common in trade colonies than settler colonies. In case of the former more males moved, so mixed marriages are bound to happen there. In more settler colonies mixed marriages are less common, but these are often in climate zones more common for Europeans and often sparsely populated.
India was a trade colony, like the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Great Britain got their reputation, because they had the most settler colonies. Still in almost every settler colony, intermarriage declined (most at the top, least at the bottom), once more women from the motherland moved to a colony.
 
Independent Hawaii. Singapore.
It isn't necessarily much a racism thing (although that is part of it) as it is a sociocultural thing. In those days was more or less tolerated that a white man would have sex with or even marry local women when away from white civilization. But as white civilization spread, this became a taboo thing and the offspring looked down on. Examples would be Metis people in the US and Canada and the many mixed-race people of Australia.
Even then the taboo focused primarily on marriage. A white man could have sex with non-white women as long as any romance was subtle and he either didn't either didn't publicly acknowledge the resulting offspring or kept his support for them discreet.
 
Perhaps a Dutch Formosa in a TL where they manage to get trade deals with the Qing court, but the only caveat is that exchange does not happen on the mainland. So Formosa becomes an extremely important trade hub for the Netherlands and they make a concentrated effort to populate and fortify the island. With the colony being famous for making easy money, it becomes a hub for Europeans in Asia and the Dutch actually support settlers there, while Chinese trade also sees lot of people moving to the island.
 
Macau might've gotten there with a few changes in its history, I think - the Portuguese had a very relaxed outlook on intermarriage compared to other colonial powers, if only because mixed-race people made excellent middlemen between the mainland and the colonies. For the same reason, an alternate Portuguese colony in East Asia could've gone in such a direction; perhaps, the Bonin Islands are discovered by the Portuguese, rather than the Spanish.

This way, they could act as a refuge for Japanese Christians, if they end up being disputed between Portugal and the Shogunate, and a harbour for Portuguese ships crossing the Pacific in either direction. In the 1800s, they could form the basis for Portuguese expansion into the Pacific; I don't know if Polynesia is feasible, but Micronesia might become a Portuguese colony, administered from the Bonin Islands.
 
Curiously though, I don't think there has ever been a country… primarily populated by Europeans and East Asians… The challenge today is to create some type of distinct area where most of the people there are biracially European and East Asian.
Surviving Zheltuga Republic would probably qualify.

I can’t quote British Biscuit’s original post (thread is locked), so I’ll just copy/paste it:

Zheltuga Republic (1883-1886)


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(Pictured: deputies of the Zheltuga Republic)
  • In the late 19th century gold was discovered in the sparsely-populated border regions of Chinese Manchuria around Zheltuga river.
  • Although gold mining was made illegal in the region by the Chinese government the Qing couldn't actually enforce their rule there.
  • As a result fortune seekers, adventurers, shady & desperate characters flocked to the region in hopes of striking it rich in the Gold Rush. Nicknames like "California on the Amur" became associated with the region.
  • The area became a lawless "Wild West" where mine workers were prayed on by criminal gangs on a regular bases.
  • In an effort to bring order and stability, the new settlers organized themselves to form the Zheltuga Republic with its own laws, tax system, constitution, parliament, elections, etc.
The state's laws were based on the Old Testament and the US Constitution (and, interestingly enough, outlined separation of church and state). About 2/3 of the population were Russian and 1/3 were Chinese (though the Gold Rush did draw people from all over - the Republic's first president for example was an Austro-Hungarian) and so Russian and the Kyakhtian language both served as the lingua franca of the region. Black-and-Gold coloured flag served as the country's symbol. Two orchestras, a theater, photo-lab, a menagerie, and a circus were set up in the boomtown republic during its heyday. Eventually though the Qing were able to take control of the area and subdue the short-lived nation.
 

Beatriz

Gone Fishin'
Surviving Zheltuga Republic would probably qualify.

I can’t quote British Biscuit’s original post (thread is locked), so I’ll just copy/paste it:

Zheltuga Republic (1883-1886)



  • In the late 19th century gold was discovered in the sparsely-populated border regions of Chinese Manchuria around Zheltuga river.
  • Although gold mining was made illegal in the region by the Chinese government the Qing couldn't actually enforce their rule there.
  • As a result fortune seekers, adventurers, shady & desperate characters flocked to the region in hopes of striking it rich in the Gold Rush. Nicknames like "California on the Amur" became associated with the region.
  • The area became a lawless "Wild West" where mine workers were prayed on by criminal gangs on a regular bases.
  • In an effort to bring order and stability, the new settlers organized themselves to form the Zheltuga Republic with its own laws, tax system, constitution, parliament, elections, etc.
The state's laws were based on the Old Testament and the US Constitution (and, interestingly enough, outlined separation of church and state). About 2/3 of the population were Russian and 1/3 were Chinese (though the Gold Rush did draw people from all over - the Republic's first president for example was an Austro-Hungarian) and so Russian and the Kyakhtian language both served as the lingua franca of the region. Black-and-Gold coloured flag served as the country's symbol. Two orchestras, a theater, photo-lab, a menagerie, and a circus were set up in the boomtown republic during its heyday. Eventually though the Qing were able to take control of the area and subdue the short-lived nation.
How could a larger Zheltuga republic emerge - maybe breaking off with an earlier Russian civil war?

Also a guide to Kyakhta
 
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Crazy Boris

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Maybe somewhere like Singapore? More colonization from Europe combined with existing Chinese immigration to create a new more blended society.

Singapore was the first thing to come to mind, and you wouldn't even have to alter OTL too much, just fiddle the proportions of migration to Singapore to up Europeans to maybe 1/3
 
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