Scholar Sheng-Wei Wang argues that studying an ancient Chinese map suggests China mapped the world prior to European discovery. She discusses how Eurocentric historical records continue to influence modern power dynamics globally.

Scholar and author Sheng-Wei Wang discusses how studying an ancient Chinese world map led her to conclude China explored and mapped the world before the European Age of Discovery and how the legacy of colonialism and a Eurocentric record of global history continue to affect power dynamics today. SCMP Plus readers get early access to articles in the Open Questions series. What first made you suspect that it was Chinese explorers and not Europeans who launched the true Age of Discovery? The...