China's Trade Tributes
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...that Asian countries were entirely isolationist in their trade policies prior to interaction with European trade emissaries. Tales of Marco Polo and the East Indian Trade Company have tainted the world view to distort and ignore a period in Chinese history that was defined by a strong inclination to trade within the parameters of the social, economic and political structures based on cultural dictates. Christopher Columbus is heralded as one of the first adventuring merchants when, in reality, the Chinese (as well as the Vikings, for that matter) had been navigating the oceans for a significant length of time before the Europeans had begun to test the viability of travel beyond the horizon. China had maintained a large navy and had chosen to forego naval exploration before...
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