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It is well documented that Chinese sailing vessels of a certain type and length (up to 200-meter and nine-masted vessels) had sailed the waters Magellan and Columbus “discovered” half a century later. But to this day, in the eyes of the modern…

In the maritime heritage preservation field, we preserve what we value, and (perhaps) we only value what we truly understand. The nautical technology of traditional Chinese sailing vessels that crossed the Pacific, often demonstrated through the…

Diaoyutai Islands are a group of islands affiliated to Taiwan. There are many discourses on the sovereignty and legality of claim on the islands. This article firstly introduces the history of Taiwan's only ancient Chinese junk "Free China",…