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Gains and Losses of Zheng He’s Voyage and Their Contemporary Meaning in the Construction of“21st Century Maritime Silk Road”

XIE Bo YUE Rong   

  1. School of History and Politics,Guizhou Normal University,Guiyang Guizhou,550001,China
  • Online:2016-01-01 Published:2016-01-01

Abstract:

Zheng He’s voyage in the early 15th century started the China-Indian Ocean route,brought Chinese products and culture to nations en route,and pushed the“maritime silk road”to a peak prosperity. However,Zheng He’s voyage did not form an effective mechanism of long-term trade exchanges between China and foreign nations;to some extent,it limited the development of nongovernmental foreign exchanges and of overseas Chinese,which,together with many other factors, eventually deprived China of the opportunity to transform from a land power to a marine power. The gains and losses of Zheng He’s voyage offer very good lessons to the current construction of“twenty-first century Maritime Silk Road”in many aspects: maintaining international justice,strengthening national defense by means of establishing overseas strategic anchor point,promoting cultural exchanges,and encouraging and support overseas Chinese participation.

Key words: Zheng He&rsquo, s voyage;twenty-first century Maritime Silk Road;international political pattern;economic and trade exchanges between China and foreign nations;peaceful development

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