A Growing Chinese Confidence

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montyp165

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bladerunner said:
Hmmmmm..

I think the problems China may encounter in the current millenium are totally different to what she has experienced during her period of greatness in previous mellinnia, so who knows how she will react.

Some people use the Voyages of Zheng He as example of how different the Chinese attitude was to their Western counterparts , that is , there was no attempt to colonise or plunder the New World.But they could'nt even if they wanted to after the political turmoil in the Ming dynasty was over, because all that knowledge about bluewater shipbuilding and sailing was lost.
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That's not exactly true, all of the underlying technologies for infrastructure and construction were still there, plus contacts with the west were more than sufficient to restart a blue-water buildup if it were so desired. The bigger problem by far was lack of will and organizational issues.
 
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