花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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The ghost of Zheng He…

In a new phase of China’s reemergence as a naval power, a 3-vessel anti-piracy task force set sail from Hainan for the waters off of the Horn of Africa.*  It’s been over 600 years since the eunuch admiral Zheng He began his series of amazing voyages from the Ming Empire through the Indian Ocean.  Some [...]