In those days it wasn’t because they were gay. Zheng He had no choice, he was taken as a slave when a young boy and made a eunuch. But as an adult Zheng He was a bad ass no nonsense leader and far far from being a fruit.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/zheng-he-china-explorer-ships/
Interesting article.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/zheng-he-china-explorer-ships/
Chinese have a tendency to self destruct and become isolationist. The Han people are very racist.
Even in the article, the guys complains about American power projection. What is his people seeking to do now?
If we learn nothing else from history, is the more you learn from others the better off you are.