Why Didn't the Chinese Colonize America?
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For the vast majority of history, the Chinese civilization was vastly wealthier and more populous than Europe - yet somehow, it was the Europeans that got away with colonizing the Americas, right under the nose of the Chinese. So, why didn't the Chinese Empire colonize the Americas?
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Further Reading:
“Admiral Zheng He and Southeast Asia” by Leo Suryadinata - https://books.google.com/books?id=Dta...
"The Making of the Chinese State: Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands" by Leo K. Shin - https://books.google.com/books?id=DOb...
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