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The Costliest Pearl

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

The Costliest Pearl

By Bertil Lintner

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The Indian Ocean's strategic importance to China cannot be underestimated, given the oil, African minerals and container traffic that pass through it. Yet, until now, China has been absent from the region since Admiral Zheng He sailed his fleet through in the fifteenth century, exploring and mapping the waters in a bid to extend the Celestial Empire's trading and tributary system. Beijing's re-entry into the Indian Ocean after 600 years is part of Xi Jinping's 'Belt and Road' megaproject. He is ...Show more

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9781849049962

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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Published year

2019

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The Costliest Pearl

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Hardcover

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