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Introduction to Zheng He
•  Introduction to Zheng He
    Zheng He (Arabic name: Hajji Mahmud) (1371 - 1435), a famous Chinese mariner and explorer, made the voyages collectively referred to as the "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 1433.
•  Biography
•  Voyages
•  The fleets
•  Connection to the history of Late Imperial China
•  Cultural echoes
 
Sailing into a New Golden Age
    For a long time, Korea and Japan have ranked the two largest shipbuilders in the world. Trailing on the heels of these is China.

For 9 years, China has been the third biggest shipbuilding country in the world, trailing Korea and Japan.
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