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* According to [[offtopic:Hendryk]], if Zheng He was [[ISOT|ISOTed]] to nowadays, he would be banged up in Guantanamo Bay for being a Muslim working for the Chinese government, who had visited Islamic ports across the Indian Ocean, and attempting to map the American coast. Clearly highly suspicious. | * According to [[offtopic:Hendryk]], if Zheng He was [[ISOT|ISOTed]] to nowadays, he would be banged up in Guantanamo Bay for being a Muslim working for the Chinese government, who had visited Islamic ports across the Indian Ocean, and attempting to map the American coast. Clearly highly suspicious. | ||
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+ | * Ming dynasty China had no interest in European-style overseas colonialism, so the idea of Zheng He or even the emperor at the time just itching to discover a new landmass and start sending eager colonists there goes completely against Chinese politics of that era. | ||
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