One Official's Protest Made China Scrap the World's Greatest Navy
Ming Dynasty China

One Official's Protest Made China Scrap the World's Greatest Navy

A single court official's written protest caused China to abandon the greatest naval power the world had ever seen—and he died in prison before he could know he'd won.

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Ming DynastyEast AsiaMaritime HistoryColonialismBureaucracyZheng HeAge of ExplorationChinese History15th CenturyCensorship

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