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‘Baseless, absurd’: PH Navy slams Chinese claim over Palawan
The Philippine Navy on Tuesday described posts on Chinese social media apps calling Palawan “Zheng He Island” as “baseless” ...
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Historian debunks Chinese claim to Palawan: Zheng He explored western seas, not waters near PH
A post on social media platforms Weibo and Rednote claimed that the Chinese explorer traveled to Palawan between the 1300s ...
Philippines dismisses ‘absurd’ Chinese online claims about Palawan
A number of Chinese social media users claim Palawan was originally called Zheng He Island and that its name has been ...
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FACT CHECK: Palawan was never part of China – NHCP
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines says the claim is ‘baseless and inaccessible historical fiction.’ Historians also say Zheng He never set foot in the Philippines.
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Ancient Chinese Explorers
During his revolt, Zhu Di's right-hand man had been the Muslim eunuch Zheng He, whom he now appointed to command the treasure fleet. At the start of the first of Zheng He's epic voyages in 1403 ...