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cannot waste any additional time debating evidence of the ET presence. The debate should be about what disclosure will mean to Earth and our future in the cannot waste any additional time debating evidence of revolutionary knowledge beyond anything the barbarians the ET presence. The debate should be about what had been able to produce. Additionally, the Nong Shu, a disclosure will mean to Earth and our future in the popular encyclopaedia that included vivid descriptions Cosmic Community. and illustrations of agricultural machinery, was gifted. Another gift was a pocket encyclopaedia, the Wu-ching China’s First Global Reach Tsung-yao. This was a collection of the most important] There is a very valuable historical example in China's military techniques, giving detailed accounts of the past when it boldly discovered and then engaged the construction and functions of a vast array of military known world from a position of hegemony based upon weaponry. its superior technological and intellectual attainments. In summary, the triune category of gifts opened the The principal source for this relevant discourse is the world for new discovery, integration and cooperation. | outstanding research by Gavin Menzies and his — greatly increased the potential of nations to achieve colleagues. Their two books, 1421: The Year China maximum agricultural efficiency, and finally challenged Discovered the World and 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese nations to consider the consequences when everyone| Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance, are a would have the option for an inventory of the mos' successful challenge to the advanced weapons of war. Eurocentric history that currently However, there was one gift tha dominates in most university deserves special attention. This was curricula. the massive encyclopaedia Yongle China's objective was made clear in “China has Dadian, which had been completed in he imperial order of the Xuan De . 1421. Three thousand scholars had Emperor dated 29 June 1430: "The consistently worked on it for years. New Reign of Xuan De_ has It compiled all Chinese knowledge commenced and everything shall opposed the from the previous 2,000 years. It cov- begin anew. But distant lands beyond weaponisation of ered every subject on the planet, including: geography and cartogra- phy, agriculture, civil and military he seas have not yet been informed. | send Eunuchs Zheng He and Wang outer space ... Zing Hong with this imperial order to and along with engineering, warfare, health and med- instruct these countries to follow the . ical care, building and town planning, way of heaven with reverence and Russia, has led the steel and steel production, ceramics-firing and painting, bio- chemistry including cross-fertili- sation, alcohol production, silk- making and weaving, gunpowder- making, ship construction, codes, cyphers and cryptography. This global model of imperial boldness has no equal. Even the US Marshall Plan offered to Europe after the end of World War Il, when the US was alone on the hereafter, a dozen countries paid top of the totem pole of ribute to the emperor, including greatness, does not match it. And an enormous delegation from Egypt". while the US is still powerful, its period of imperialism However, there is another reasonable assessment of _ has entered a cycle of eclipse. China's strategy and expectations. What Zheng He did is ighly suggestive of an indigenous Native American China’s Second Coming: potlatch ceremony practised by tribes of the Pacific Disclosure’s Opportunities and Challenges initiative to create an international treaty banning all weapons in to watch over their people so that all might enjoy the good fortune of lasting peace.” To facilitate this, Admiral and Ambassador Zheng He presented oreign rulers with the Xuan De calendar and with charts and navigational aids to enable them o return tribute to China. Menzies's research discovered hat "[iJn the years immediately Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States. The I am ending the evening with an outline of actions that potlatch was a very important cultural practice wherein China may already be considering in terms of taking a he sponsors of a potlatch gave away many useful items. lead in formal disclosure of Earth and extraterrestrial n return, they earned prestige, enhanced reputation and contact. China has consistently opposed the validated rank. Prestige increased with the lavishness | weaponisation of outer space in its official statements, and the value of the goods given away. and, along with Russia, has led the initiative to create an The gifts of the treasure fleet were incredibly valuable. international treaty banning all weapons in space The Shoushi calendar contained a mass of astronomical through negotiations within an ad hoc committee of the data running to thousands of observations. This was Conference on Disarmament. “China has consistently opposed the outer space ... and along with Russia, has led the initiative to create treaty banning all weapons in 39 space ...” to totem China’s Second Coming: Disclosure’s Opportunities and Challenges 1am ending the evening with an outline of actions that China may already be considering in terms of taking a lead in formal disclosure of Earth and extraterrestrial contact. China has consistently opposed the weaponisation of outer space in its official statements, and, along with Russia, has led the initiative to create an international treaty banning all weapons in space through negotiations within an ad hoc committee of the Conference on Disarmament. APRIL - MAY 2012 NEXUS #55 Cosmic Community. weaponisation of an international www.nexusmagazine.com