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Zheng He May Not Have Been So Adventurous

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Philip Bowring
Jun 18, 2014
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One of the many aspects of the current surge in officially-guided Chinese nationalism is a focus on the seafaring achievements during the Ming dynasty. Top of the list are the voyages of the early Ming envoy Zheng He around the Indian Ocean and to the coasts of Arabia and east Africa.

Accompanied by a flotilla of large ships carrying several thousand sol…

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