Nick Collins

MaritimeTradeHistory.com

Tag: china

  • Taiwan’s Maritime Legacy and Modern China’s Ambitions

    Taiwan’s Maritime Legacy and Modern China’s Ambitions

    Pete Hegseth, US Defence Secretary, recently warned that China may be preparing to invade Taiwan. This has historical echoes. As a maritime historian with 40 years in global trade, I see striking parallels, explored in my book The Millennium Maritime Trade Revolution: 700–1700, in how Asia’s maritime supremacy unraveled.. History doesn’t repeat, but its geographical…