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The largest junks ever built were probably those of Admiral Zheng He, for his expeditions in the Indian Ocean. According to Chinese sources, the fleet comprised 30,000 men and over 300 ships at its height.

The 1405 expedition consisted of 27,000 men and 317 ships, composed of:

* "Treasure ships", used by the commander of the fleet and his deputies (Nine-masted junks, about 400 feet long and 160 feet wide).
* "Horse ships", carrying tribute goods and repair material for the fleet(Eight-masted junks, about 339 feet long and 138 feet wide)
* "Supply ships", containing food-staple for the crew (Seven-masted junks, about 257 feet long and 115 feet wide).
* "Troop transports" (Six-masted junks, about 220 feet long and 83 feet wide).
* "Fuchuan warships" (Five-masted junks, about 165 feet long).
* "Patrol boats" (Eight-oared, about 120 feet long).
* "Water tankers", with 1 month supply of fresh water and sustainability.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_junk

Tell me that wouldn't make an awesome television series. You could even do it in china and have one in chinese and one in english. No dubbing! Just have every actor do the speaking scenes twice. It's a massive and epic adventure, one can fabricate all kinds of zany things, and the chinese will like it because it will depict them at a time of previous supremacy.

Perhaps the greatest tragedy of china is that she merely wished to be left alone. They could have conquered the world, plunged all others into eternal primitiveness and poverty, and themselves eternal supremacy, but they did not. No good deed goes unpunished. Let us hope that they make the same mistake again.