Can you please describe a kind of engagement with Asian culture or products that you will not dismiss as orientalism? I fear that everything will fit neatly into Asian hate or orientalism in your taxonomy.
Americans love Asian cars. Tons of Hondas, Toyotas, Hyundais, Kias, etc. Also while some weeby anime fans may be orientalist, not all are, and love for Gangnam style was genuine. It was a great song and people loved it for that, not because traded on Asian stereotypes. The American geopolitical strategy in the Pacific rests heavily on a very deep trust of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, among other partners.
Actually studying their culture through their classical literature, philosophy and history instead of just a goofy song or some cartoons which were created by the "Good ones" (i.e., client states).
okay, that's just an idiosyncratic requirement. i don't ask that anyone do that for any of the cultures i'm from, nor does anybody that i know. hell, i haven't even read my own culture's classic literature!
Americans love Asian cars. Tons of Hondas, Toyotas, Hyundais, Kias, etc. Also while some weeby anime fans may be orientalist, not all are, and love for Gangnam style was genuine. It was a great song and people loved it for that, not because traded on Asian stereotypes. The American geopolitical strategy in the Pacific rests heavily on a very deep trust of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, among other partners.