Could a rusty coin re-write Chinese-African history?

BBC ^ | 18 Oct 2010 | Peter Greste

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This new move by the Chinese to establish an imaginary past isn’t as bad as the phony histories spewed out of the various afrocentric and muzzie nationalist imaginations, but it’s still pretty bad. The events are only from about 500 years ago, and yet there was never the slightest mention of it — and the Age of Sail / Age of Discovery in Europe had already begun before the mid-15th c. All that’s been found so far is one rusty coin — not any sign of a settlement, a shipwreck, and no uncontestable folklore.

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Newest to oldest, the keywords used are "1421" and "gavinmenzies":

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• No Chinese ruins in Cape Breton: archeologists
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• PBS Previews: 1421: the year China discovered America?
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• Ancient Map Of Africa Poses Questions

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So, Yongle Tongbao has been masquerading as Kyle Orton? Well, that would explain a few things . . . .

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Wow, you sure got me on that one. Tae Bo = Tebow. Outstanding!

That said, I've always thought Orton looked more China or whatever than Indiana. Mork calling . . . .