The most frequently cited interactions between Malacca and China revolved around the eunuch admiral Zheng He, who stopped over at Malacca five times between 1405 and 1431. His monumental visits ...

MALACCA: Legend has it that Admiral Zheng He and his armada left his home port of Nanjing in China for their epic voyage to India in the Year of the Snake in the 1400s. Along the way they stopped ...

Indonesian scholars credit Zheng He for building many mosques in Java and Malacca. There are also Zheng He temples in these islands, where festivals are held to commemorate his visit. In Sri Lanka ...

Zheng He’s voyages followed in the wake of many ... crossing the Strait of Malacca while seeking to rival the Arab ships that dominated the trade routes in luxury goods across the Indian Ocean ...

"The Maritime Silk Road is a network that will connect products and services across the globe," he said. Among the places that the admiral had visited, Malacca remains the epitome of Zheng He's ...

Zheng He, known as Cheng Ho in Malay, was a celebrated envoy of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), who visited Malacca at least five times during his seven maritime expeditions. His voyages have not ...

approximately 600 years ago during the Ming Dynasty where diplomatic and trade relations were established with the Sultanate of Malacca, he said. “One of the most significant historical events during ...

The Galle Trilingual Inscription, a relic of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) legendary navigator and diplomat Zheng He's voyages, jointly nominated by China and Sri Lanka, has been officially ...

Zheng He's fourth and fifth travels explored the Persian Gulf and ports along the East African coast, while hist last voyage ...

I was on a liquor-drenched party boat that was sailing in the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest and most important shipping lanes in the world today, when I saw its namesake in the distance.