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	Ching Ho Cheng
		Cheng has summarized his work from 1975 to 1980 as follows: "For the past five years, I have been painting ordinary subject matter familiar to all: cigarette butts, matches, a squashed beer can, coat hangers, a shower sprocket, and old chipped enamel bowl, a naked light bulb dangling from the ceiling...
		Cheng's tears cut across the whole composition (which is generally large), creating wide clefts and activating the white backing paper so that the parts break out from the confines of their perimeters and interact with exterior space.
		From the start, Ching Ho Cheng's art has been a search for evidence of connectedness: man with man, man with nature, and man with God.The proliferation of forms in his work in the sixties and early seventies was stylistically in tune with the experimentally induced hallucinations of that time.
	www.mindspring.com /~chcestate/pages/rctor.html (3429 words)

	The Voyages of Cheng Ho (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Voyages of Cheng Ho The Voyages of Cheng Ho
		Cheng Ho was born around 1371 in China's southwestern Yunan Province (just north of Laos) with the name Ma Ho.
		Ma Ho's father was a Muslim hajji (who had made a pilgrimage to Mecca) and the family name of Ma was used by Muslims in representation of the word Mohammed.
	homepages.stuy.edu /~badgleyb/html_docs/voyages_of_cheng_ho.htm (1323 words)

	chengho.page
		Muslims are very proud of him, they present Cheng Ho` s story as the life of a muslim hero; however, they rarely mention the fact that Cheng Ho was a eunuch, because that would imply to be proud of a "gender variant".
		Cheng Ho, as an important eunuch in imperial Ming China, most probably was such a child..
		In 1381 the army of the Ming dynasty entered Yunnan and during these events Cheng Ho was brought to the court of Nanjing to serve the prince who would later become emperor Yong Le.
	www.geocities.com /leylasuhagi/chengho.html (766 words)

	The Voyages of Cheng Ho
		The Voyages of Cheng Ho The Voyages of Cheng Ho Cheng Ho, or Zheng He, was born in Kunyang, Yunnan province, China, in 1371.
		Between two and five years after Yonglo’s death, Cheng Ho himself died during a trip home from India, ending the seventh and final voyage of the Grand Fleet.
		Future emperors practiced strict isolationism and burned all records of Cheng Ho’s voyages.
	library.thinkquest.org /20176/chengho.htm (438 words)

	chang
		The young Muhammad Ho, as he was then known, was among the boys who were captured, castrated, and sent into the army as orderlies.
		The Emperor having conferred on Muhammad Ho, who had become a court eunuch of great influence, the surname Cheng, he was henceforth known as Cheng Ho.
		Cheng Muhammad Ho was appointed garrison commander in Nanking, with the task of disbanding his troops.
	users.aol.com /_ht_a/iftkhar1398/html/body_chang.html (914 words)

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		During his stay in Semarang, Cheng Ho, a devout Muslim, built the Sam Poo Kong, which was originally a mosque, but later in 1434, was turned into a temple, after his death in Nanking, China in 1431.
		Cheng Ho reportedly sailed to what is now Indonesia, having been sent by emperor Yung Lo of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1643) to promote friendship and trade between China and South Asia and Southeast Asia.
		The 600th anniversary of Cheng Ho's arrival in Semarang will be grandly celebrated this year, thanks to the reform era that has swept across the country in 1998.
	www.zyworld.com /Indoirish/News_Environment.htm (960 words)

	FLYING INKPOT THEATRE REVIEW: Furthest North, Deepest South by Mime Unlimited
		Cheng Ho lived at a time when the Emperor's countenance was deemed too divine to be viewed at close quarters by his subjects.
		Indeed Cheng Ho gave to the lands he discovered far more than he received, and was always careful to pay homage to all cultures and religions in equal measure.
		Playing a convict who is freed by Cheng Ho because all men are equal on his ship, he reminds one a little of Bilal, the emancipated fl slave and devoted follower of Muhammad.
	inkpot.com /theatre/04reviews/04revfurtnortdeepsout2.html (950 words)

	Newsbreak (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cheng has been a staunch friend of Ho for decades and stood by him when the latter had a much-publicized falling out with his sister Winnie Ho Yuen-Ki in June 2001.
		Ho and Cheng were also named in investigations by US authorities on illegal contributions to President Bill Clinton’s 1996 campaign.
		Here in the Philippines, Ho was never charged or questioned by authorities for any involvement in the BW scandal despite his having been a shareholder at the height of the scandal.
	www.inq7.net /nwsbrk/2004/apr/26/nbk_5-1.htm (712 words)

	Chinese Exploration: the Voyages of Cheng Ho, 1405-1433 \| Science and Its Times: 700-1449
		Chinese Exploration: the Voyages of Cheng Ho, 1405-1433
		Chinese Exploration: the Voyages of Cheng Ho, 1405-1433
		Cheng Ho was a eunuch and a military commander who had assisted the Yongle emperor, Zhu Di (1360-1424) to overthrow his nephew and become emperor.
	www.bookrags.com /research/chinese-exploration-the-voyages-of--scit-021 (1609 words)

	Archive \| June 1996 \| The eunuch Columbus
		Cheng's splendid flotillas of several hundred junks could safely venture the nearly 10,000 miles to Zanzibar off the southeast coast of Africa thanks to Chinese inventions like the compass, the rudder and watertight internal compartments.
		Cheng, in contrast, sailed to trumpet the Ming Dynasty's abstinence from greed, its immunity to the outside world's temptations (except for giraffes and plaudits).
		Because the Grand Treasure Fleets ultimately proved as sterile as Cheng Ho, while the European explorations were fertile not in spite of, but because of their rapacity.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0696columbus.htm (1000 words)

	Ho, Cheng
		Ma Ho’s province was one of the last Mongol strongholds and was conquered by the Ming in 1382.
		Cheng Ho was then declared “Admiral of the Western Seas” and given the largest fleet ever to sail on the ocean up to that time.
		Cheng Ho used his explorer's freedom to make the pilgrimage required of all able bodied Muslims to visit Mecca at least once in a lifetime.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b3chengho.htm (1656 words)

	Cheng Ho: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		CHENG HO or Zheng Heboth: jŭngˈ hooˈ, 1371–c.1433, admiral, diplomat, and explorer during China's Ming dynasty.
		Zheng He, sometimes known as Cheng Ho, was a eunuch and admiral of the worlds greatest naval power in the early 15th century.
		Under his reign six maritime expeditions led by the Muslim eunuch Cheng Ho sailed as far as Arabia and E Africa, and tributary relations were established with many kingdoms in SE Asia.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/cheng_ho.jsp (1733 words)

	cheng - Encyclopedia.com
		Cheng is one of an estimated 150 million young...
		Chemical Week; 2/27/2002; 837 words; CHENG YI'S mission is to become the world's top nucleic acids manufacturer through innovative approaches and integrity of service.
		Exuberant fans took centrestage during Sammi Cheng's news conference, and Ricky Yap was caught in the middle...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-cheng.html (1040 words)

	Catatan Jay adalah Yulian » Cheng Ho: Laksamana Agung dari China
		Cheng Ho atau Zheng He adalah seorang keturunan muslim dari Asia Tengah yang hidup di daratan China yang jauh dari pantai.
		Cheng Ho singgah di Simongan karena salah seorang tangan kanannya harus dirawat di darat, seorang tabib, di tempat itulah didirikan klenteng Sam Po Kong.
		Selain itu juga tidak ada ulasan khusus tentang masjid Cheng Ho yang diklaim sebagai satu-satunya masjid yang menggunakan nama Cheng Ho…
	yulian.firdaus.or.id /2005/06/24/cheng-ho-laksamana-agung-dari-china (963 words)

	Cheng Ho \| Science and Its Times: 700-1449
		Cheng Ho was one of the greatest early explorers, expanding the predominance of his homeland China into many foreign lands, particularly those in or bordering on the Indian Ocean.
		Cheng Ho (also known as Zheng He) was born in 1371 in China's Kunyang, Yunnan province, under the name of Ma Sanpao.
		Cheng was victorious in battle, and sent the pirate as a prisoner to meet his fate back in Nanjing.
	www.bookrags.com /research/cheng-ho-scit-021 (660 words)

	Old World Contacts/Diplomats & Other Travellers/Ming Treasure Ship Voyages
		Cheng Ho's grand fleet of 318 ships was laden with cargoes of fine Chinese silk and other valuable trade goods.
		The two-year excursion took Cheng Ho and his crew as far as the Maldive Islands, Hormuz, Aden, and Mecca, centres which the fleet again visited between 1416 and 1419 to escort home visiting envoys who had joined the fleet on its previous trip.
		In 1421, Cheng Ho and his men sailed not only to the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, but past the Horn of Africa and down the East African Coast.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/oldwrld/diplomats/mingtreasure.html (814 words)

	Malacca \| Melaka , the chinese influence : journeymalaysia.com
		Ma Ho was born to a poor ethnic Hui family in Yunnan, south western China - near Laos, in 1371.
		When Ma Ho was a young boy, the Chinese Army was sent to expel the Mongols from the south west regions.
		Admiral Cheng Ho left Nanking for his 3rd voyage in autumn and headed down to Malacca to put in place, the last piece of the missing puzzle in the Ming southern strategy.
	www.journeymalaysia.com /MHIS_malacca1.htm (2185 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Sports :: The Amazing Voyage of Cheng Ho
		Ho had never even heard of the sport before entering the eighth grade, but the youngster tried out nonetheless.
		Ho has seen only limited minutes this season, as he backs up senior All-American tailback Clifton Dawson during his push to break the all-time Ivy League rushing record.
		Ho has 18 carries for 103 yards and one reception for 13 yards in four games.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=514876 (800 words)

	Looking in the Encyclopedia
		Many years ago I was reading A Fire Upon the Deep, a science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge, and I was curious about where Vinge had gotten the name "Qeng Ho"--which in the novel was the name of a group to which the protagonist had belonged in the distant past.
		In seven voyages over twenty-eight years Cheng Ho's ships explored Africa as far south as the Mozambique channel, the Red Sea as far north as Egypt, Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Persia, India, Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, and Southeast Asia.
		But they did not lead to the establishment of trading empires: Cheng Ho was an admiral and an official, not a merchant.
	www.j-bradford-delong.net /TotW/encyclopedia.html (1432 words)

	Cheng Ho
		Cheng Ho For 28 years, from 1405 to 1433, Cheng Ho (Cheng He, Zheng He) a Moslem eunuch, guided the Treasure Fleet of the Chinese Emperors Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji.
		The Treasure Fleet made seven expeditions from Nanjing to Cochin and Calicut on the west coast of India, through the Strait of Hormuz, into the Red Sea as far as Jidda, down the east coast of Africa into the Mozambique Channel.
		I originally attributed the map on the stamp below to Cheng Ho's twenty-one foot long sailing map from the fifteenth century, known as the Wu bei zhi chart.
	www.danstopicals.com /chenghe.htm (227 words)

	The Mariners' Museum: Newport News, Virginia
		The Admiral Cheng Ho began the first of seven voyages in 1405.
		Over the next 28 years, Admiral Cheng Ho increased China's trading territory to include 37 countries from the Vietnam coast to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and eastern Africa.
		Cheng Ho's death around 1435 signaled the end of the Treasure Fleet and the demise of China's economic domination of the South Pacific.
	www.mariner.org /educationalad/ageofex/china.php (232 words)

	Cheng Ho. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Subsequently commanding treasure fleets ranging from about 50 to more than 100 vessels, some of which were 500 ft (153 m) long, he also later sailed to India, Sri Lanka, Arabia, E Africa, and Egypt.
		On his fourth voyage (1413–15), Cheng returned with envoys from 30 foreign states who rendered homage to the emperor and sailed home on his sixth voyage (1421–23).
		A controversial theory posits that Cheng discovered the New World during his 1420s voyage, some 70 years before Columbus.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/ChengHo.html (263 words)

	Ho Cheng Garden Tools Co., Ltd.
		Ho Cheng was established in Taiwan in 1971 with aspirations to be a major contender in the world garden tool market.
		Ho Cheng currently markets hundreds of products precisely designed to dominate thousands of industries.
		Ho Cheng runs one of the most innovative and efficient product-ion facilities in the Pacific Basin.
	www.ho-cheng.com.tw (123 words)

	ANTARA News :: Ex-minister plays Admiral Cheng Ho in ASEAN film
		Yusril played the role as Admiral Cheng Ho in the film jointly produced by six member countries of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations).
		Cheng Ho was born around 1371 in China`s southwestern Yunan Province (just north of Laos) with the name Ma Ho.
		Ma Ho`s father was a Muslim hajji (who had made a pilgrimage to Mecca) and the family name of Ma was used by Muslims in representation of the word Mohammad.
	www.antara.co.id /en/arc/2007/8/15/ex-minister-plays-admiral-cheng-ho-in-asean-film (420 words)

	Vessel Specifications - Cheng Ho - Indonesia's Ultimate Live Aboard Scuba Diving Vessel
		The Cheng Ho is a modified Pinisi (Bugis) Schooner constructed in 2002.
		Constructed with three decks the Cheng Ho gives you plenty of space to lose oneself; whether it is in the air-conditioned comfort of the large saloon or on the decks under the shade of one of the ship's huge sails.
		Very importantly the liveaboard is comprehensively refitted during an annual dry docking at the beginning of the year plus regular maintainance is carried out throughout the year to ensure that the vessel is always seaworthy.
	www.kararu.com /the-liveaboard/cheng-ho/specifications.html (186 words)

	The Voyages of Admiral Cheng Ho
		Admiral Cheng Ho started his life as Ma Ho and was born about 1371 in the southern province of Yunnan.
		Ma Ho came from one of these families and grew to prominence as a military rather than a learned man. This came at some personal cost since, as Cheng Ho, he was required to become a court eunuch.
		While Ma Ho rose in rank, China was suffering internationally from a number of military reverses which had had the effect of greatly diminishing her reputation and the fear and respect with which the imperial court had traditionally been held throughout the region.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/east_asian_history/104278 (395 words)

	Cheng
		At the height of her power, Cheng I Sao commanded a pirate fleet that surpassed the navies of many countries.
		The amazing voyages of the Chinese admiral Cheng Ho are described and placed in historical context.
		Stephen Cheng's, The Tao of Voice, offers a unique method in using "CHI" for developing effortless singing.
	www.suite101.com /reference/cheng (358 words)

	Cheng Ho \| Issue9mm
		Welcome to Cheng Ho Cultural Museum Malaysiawww.chengho.org/museum · Кэшированная страница Показать другие результаты с веб-узла "www.chengho.org".
		The 3rd Ming emperor, Yung-lo, commissioned the Admiral Cheng Ho to extend Chinese influence throughout the Indian...
		Cheng Ho; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; pinyin : Mǎ Sānbǎo; Arabic name: حجّي محمود Hajji Mahmud) (1371 – 1433), was a famous Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who...
	www.issue9mm.com /chengho.html (216 words)

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