00:00Did you know China once had the most powerful navy in history and then quietly chose to forget it
00:05existed? In the early 1400s, Admiral Zheng, he commanded treasure ships nine times the size of
00:11Columbus's vessels. He reached Arabia and East Africa while European sailors barely left the
00:16coastline. Then a group of court officials decided the voyages were wasteful. Un-Confucian, a
00:22distraction. The program was cancelled. The ships were left to rot. The records were burned. No
00:27dramatic defeat. No invasion. Just a meeting, a decision, and a door closing forever. Europe
00:33walked through it unopposed.
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