https://richardsonpost.com/david-archibald/30558/china-yellow-peril-or-toothless-tiger/
This article is from The Richardson Post. It goes on to show how China would fare if it were to begin some sort of invasion of other countries. I've thought about what China would do if it invaded America and this article sets my mind at ease, as long as we have a solid Pro-American President in office. China will rattle it's sabres, but only if they can pick on a small country to its south. Good read and I hope you fellow pedes take the time to enlighten yourselves as to how China is in a box.
mac1221, I sure would love to know what you've done for a living. You are a smart man with deep thoughts and a great writing technique. You must have some sort of higher education degree. Thanks for your response. I love reading indepth analysis from smart people, and you are one of those folks. Have you ever read "1492" a book about how China sailed east and found the shores of America? Pretty interesting read if you ever get your hands on it.
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I have had quite the history. I started out studying law, moved into electrical engineering where I worked as a consultant. Then I shifted into medical research for over a decade before going into private practice. I have always been a nerd with my face buried in a book and there are not too many areas that do not interest me. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. All these twists and turns away from my childhood dreams of being a nuclear physicist. LOL.
I have not read the book you suggested. Thank you for the heads up. I love history and that has led me into geopolitics. Chinese history has also fascinated me for many years as well as ancient history from the levant. I am a firm believer that it is impossible to know the present or predict the future without knowing the past. This is why disconnection from our past as Americans is a death nail to our culture and ultimately our Republic. If we are not moored to some past, we hopelessly drift towards an uncertain future.
Time is like water and we are in a rowboat moving through that water. We are participants in time and not just a passive spectator on the shore watching time pass us by. As we row, we face our past, and our back is towards the future. We only have control over how we row our boat in the present and we set our current course by analyzing the landmarks and buoys left in the water in the past. God has our back and our future as he whispers in our ear along the way. The wake of our boat left in the water also touches other wakes in the water, and the wakes of other rowboats touch ours as well. We are all in this lake together at this time. We must learn to row towards a common goal and not be distracted by those that want us off course and shipwrecked.
God bless you fren and thank you again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Menzies
Well, heck, my memory isn't what it used to be. The book is "1421: The Year China discovered America", by Gavin Menzies. I read it a couple of years ago and then moved in the mean time. My recollection was in the general area of that time period, so I was close but didn't earn any brownie points. Gavin wrote a pretty good book, in my opinion, and it captivated my imagination. But after reading the Wiki review of the book, it makes me wonder about the veracity of the book or whether Wiki and its ilk just don't like Gavin. Anyways, I hope you look into the book and have a chance to read it, one day. Cheers.
Thank you for taking the time to pull the link for me. I don't really pay much attention to reviews by anyone other than real readers. The book sounds interesting and it is written by someone not from the ranks of academia. I like that. The fact that the so called experts are calling his work pseudohistory is appealing. In my own research of history I have often found the mainstream historians lacking on so many points. There are gatekeepers that hold a narrow view of what they consider to be history. They get bent if anyone challenges their positions. True scholarship can handle challenges to the prevailing theories.
Anyway, I am not as familiar with some of the particulars of the Ming Dynasty. This will give me the excuse to take a closer look. It does sound like the Yongle Emperor sent out several sea expeditions during his reign as well as his grandson that also sent out a voyage. Therefore, there does exist the possibility of Chinese ships going further than first thought. The Chinese recorded everything, but they were not beyond fudging the official accounts if they needed to. So anyone holding to complete accuracy based upon the Imperial records may be in error unless there are other coaberating sources. The Yongle Emperor was quite ambitious. I remember watching a documentary about the architect of the Forbidden City. The City caught fire right after it was inaugurated. Fire was always a problem throughout its history.
Thanks again.