"Set Cloud-white Sails and Cross the Surging Seas"——The 600th Anniversary of Zheng He''''s Sea Voyages

THE image of a magnificent fleet setting sail on a voyage of good will is as heart-stirring now as it was 600 years ago. It was in the year 1405 that more than 200 ships got into formation, white sails pristine against the blue sky and aqua sea, and waited for the order to set sail out of Liujiagang Port, Taicang, Jiangsu Province. Officials and local people gathered on the quay as dragon dances snaked in, out and