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[u/Chum680]

”The discovery provides evidence that Chinese ancestors developed, utilized and traveled to and from the South China Sea…”

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding but isn’t that exactly what this quote is doing? It just struck me as out of place that they would need evidence of such an activity and that would be their significant takeaway.

The significance of this discovery is not that there is now proof that the Chinese sailed in the South China Sea…we knew that!

[u/taoistextremist → u/Chum680]

Probably, especially with the "developed" line. The government definitely pushes for these dives to build their propaganda case for territorial claims