On one journey, 317 of these ships set sail at once. Under the command of the eunuch admiral Zheng He, the Chinese were routinely sailing to Africa and back decades before Columbus was even born.

Ancient silk paintings dating to China's Ming dynasty have yielded new clues about the domestication of brown rats, which ...

At the start of the first of Zheng He's epic voyages in 1403, it is said that 317 ships gathered in the port of Nanjing. As sociologist Janet Abu-Lughod notes, "The impressive show of force that ...

More people and partners from both the US and China can join the cause in promoting programs and ...

A plaque erected to mark the opening of a new electronic library at the Attorney General’s Department was removed because the writing thereon was only in Sinhala and English, and Tamil had been left ...

The company assured the public that it is cooperating fully with relevant authorities and conducting its own investigation alongside the ship’s manager, Anglo Eastern. The RTM Zheng He was ...

An extensive search has been conducted in the past week, with Rio Tinto working in conjunction with the RTM Zheng He ship and crew manager Anglo Eastern along with other relevant authorities.