Quest Posted March 21, 2004 at 08:51 PM Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 at 08:51 PM And this forum might be named: English Language & Culture forums instead??? There are forums like that just so you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hparade Posted March 24, 2004 at 08:54 PM Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 at 08:54 PM ancient china people were busy fighting each other. if china explored more and bickered less, then most of North America and South America would be speaking Chinese fluently... And the world superpower may be an America that got independent from China a couple of hundred years ago, Who knows, UK might have been a chinese colony then...And this forum might be named: English Language & Culture forums instead??? oh, chinese like to get united...... :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Lee Posted April 1, 2004 at 09:16 PM Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 at 09:16 PM ancient china people were busy fighting each other. if china explored more and bickered less, then most of North America and South America would be speaking Chinese fluently... These are not the principal reasons why China lagged behind Europe in colonial exploration. In fact, the scale of intra-European wars that were waged in the 18th, 19th and early 20th Century was much more fierce than those conducted in China. Why would China lag behind Europe in colonial exploration? Confucianism. Confucian hierarchy placed merchants/traders on the lowest ladder of the society. Their status were lower than that of scholars and farmers and artisans albeit they were rich. Without the incentive to trade and without merchants occupying high seat in the court, how would China’s rulers be induced to expand overseas? Remember that if Colombus did not dream to trade with China/India and if the Spanish monarchy was not motivated by such dream, the New Continent would have never been discovered! Of course, there are some other reasons. For instance, Chinese were never zealous in religion like the Christians and Moslems whom intent to convert non-believers everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dingo Posted July 6, 2004 at 11:00 AM Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 at 11:00 AM i think chinese did settle in taiwan common they even had chinese colonies along the coast of the Philippines, which is a bit further than Taiwan. back in 1200 AD. Source: http://www.filipino.com.au/categ/culture/history.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yhjow Posted July 16, 2004 at 06:52 AM Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 at 06:52 AM It was already mentioned in R3k that Wu kingdom founded Taiwan (Yizhou) around 240 AD. So technically speaking, it was quite a long time ago. Anyway, check out the similar thread at http://s7.invisionfree.com/China_History_Forum/index.php?showtopic=283 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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