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The Ming treasure voyages were maritime expeditions undertaken by Ming China's treasure fleet between 1405 and 1433. The Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted in seven far-reaching ocean voyages to the coastal territories and islands of the South China Sea and Indian Ocean .
A year later during the first treasure voyage, Admiral Zheng He arrived at Malacca to formally confer Paramesvara's investiture as King of Malacca. [20] Malacca's ruling house would be on friendly terms with Ming China and collaborate with the treasure fleet. [20] The Ming recognition and alliance was a factor that ensured stability in Malacca ...
This attempt did not lead China to global expansion, as the Confucian bureaucracy under the next emperor reversed the policy of open exploration and by 1500, it became a capital offence to build a seagoing junk with more than two masts. [19] Chinese merchants became content trading with already existing tributary states nearby and abroad.
The Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424). During his reign, Admiral Zheng He led a gigantic maritime tributary fleet abroad on the seven treasure voyages.. In premodern times, the theory of foreign relations of China held that the Chinese Empire was the Celestial Dynasty, the center of world civilization, with the Emperor of China being the leader of the civilized world.
China's Military Modernization: Building for Regional and Global Reach. pp. excerpt and text search. Graff, David Andrew; Higham, Robin (2002). A Military History of China. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. Lo, Jung-Pang (1955). "The Emergence of China as a Sea Power During the Late Sung and Early Yuan Periods". Far Eastern Quarterly. 4.
"They stole things, they broke things, they have taken our IP," Lutnick said of China. "It’s got to end." Tariffs came up again and again ahead of a Feb. 1 deadline for when Trump's first ...
In 2024, for the first time in more than 50 years, there will be no pandas in the United States, after zoos in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., return pandas that have been on loan from Beijing.
Hong Bao and Ma Huan arrive in Calicut and send seven men to Mecca while Hong Bao visits Djofar, Lasa, Aden, Mogadishu, and Barawa before heading back to China [50] 17 January: Treasure fleet arrives at Hormuz [48] 9 March: Treasure fleet departs from Hormuz and heads back to China [51] 31 March: Treasure fleet arrives at Calicut [51] 9 April