Just read an article on BBC about why an Asian Pope is very unlikely. Apparently Lin isn't ready yet.
It's believed that Victor before the year 200 AD may have been black...though depictions of him make him appear more Middle Eastern than black from what I can tell.... there were 3 African popes. Some of the most influential cardinals are black. It's just a matter of time.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Is it sacrilegious that the first thing I thought is the new pope needs to stand up and shout: "I am the Great Bergoglio"?</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/311919972475604992">March 13, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>