This big ship here was the one sailed in by Zheng he in the early 15th century on his great voyages around the South China Sea, the East China Sea and across the Indian Ocean to East Africa.

这儿的大船是在15世纪早期郑和下西洋时航行的船，它穿过中国东海，南海然后穿行印度洋到达东非。

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There is the big, lolling tongue of its maritime claim in the South China Sea, which unnerves its South-East Asian neighbours.

ECONOMIST: The People's Republic at 60