China's Ghost Fleet: Mystery of China's Greatest Admiral Zheng He

[Kompromat]

Admiral Zheng He.

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

The neglect of navy was one of the greatest mistakes of asian peoples.The chinese foolishly scrapped their grand fleet and allowed the naval tradition to die out.

 

[jhankar]

The neglect of navy was one of the greatest mistakes of asian peoples.The chinese foolishly scrapped their grand fleet and allowed the naval tradition to die out.

Yes, true . Lack of naval army resulted in the defeat of the Moghul Empire in India and victories for Britisher's East India Company as well.

 

[ChinaToday]

Chinese Treasure Fleet - Adventures of Zheng He : Documentary

 

[Srinivas]

This fleet is like "they came they saw and they burnt their ships" . Now there are some controversial claims which are with out concrete proofs.

 

[Vinod2070]

The neglect of navy was one of the greatest mistakes of asian peoples.The chinese foolishly scrapped their grand fleet and allowed the naval tradition to die out.

They may well have been the one to colonize Australia and US West coast if they had not done that.

 

[rcrmj]

They may well have been the one to colonize Australia and US West coast if they had not done that.

thats not part of our culture, tribute system was how we project our influences in the past

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Yes, true . Lack of naval army resulted in the defeat of the Moghul Empire in India and victories for Britisher's East India Company as well.

No the mughals were already finished as a power by the time europeans arrived in force.The absence of navy meant the succesors and the mughal remnant couldn't drive back the european trading posts along the coast.The coastal forts had to be blockaded from sea to force submission,and this naval strength they didn't have.From land alone they couldn't be taken.See siege of goa.