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~1254: The Flemish William of Rubruck reaches Mongolia through Central Asia. 1264–c. 1269: First expedition of the Italians Niccolò and Maffeo Polo to China. In 1266 they reach Kublai Khan's seat at Dadu (now known as Beijing) in China. 1271–1295: Second trip of Niccolò and Maffeo Polo to China.
Chinese exploration includes exploratory Chinese travels abroad, on land and by sea, from the travels of Han dynasty diplomat Zhang Qian into Central Asia during the 2nd century BC until the Ming dynasty treasure voyages of the 15th century that crossed the Indian Ocean and reached as far as East Africa.
Europeans in Medieval China: Franciscan friars first conducted missionary work in China. 1294: 18 February: Kublai died. 10 May: Kublai's grandson Temür Khan became emperor of the Yuan dynasty. 1293: John of Montecorvino arrives in China and is appointed Archbishop of Khanbaliq (Beijing). 1298: Wang Zhen invented movable wooden type.
In 1125, the devastating Jin cataphract annihilated the Liao dynasty, while remnants of Liao court members fled to Central Asia to found the Qara Khitai Empire (Western Liao dynasty). Jin's invasion of the Song dynasty followed swiftly. In 1127, Kaifeng was sacked, a massive catastrophe known as the Jingkang Incident, ending the Northern Song ...
The Russian military observer D. V. Putiatia visited China in 1888 and found that in Northeastern China (Manchuria) along the Chinese-Russian border, the Chinese soldiers were potentially able to become adept at "European tactics" under certain circumstances, and the Chinese soldiers were armed with modern weapons like Krupp artillery ...
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Geoff Wade, a senior research fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore, acknowledges that there was a cross exchange of technological ideas between Europe and China, but ultimately classifies Menzies' book as historical fiction and asserts that there is "absolutely no Chinese evidence" for a maritime venture ...
The fossils, estimated to date back 90 million years, were part of a new dinosaur species previously unknown in East Asia. It’s unclear how long Port Island will remain closed to visitors.