Malacca in a sentence

Admiral Zheng He called at Malacca and brought Parameswara with him on his return to China, a recognition of his position as legitimate ruler of Malacca.

The Ming Court was also influenced by reports of misbehaviour of Portuguese elsewhere in China, and by the deposed Sultan of Malacca seeking Chinese assistance to drive the Portuguese out of Malacca.

It can be found at all the trading posts on the Andaman side of Thailand down to Songkhla and further to Penang, Malacca and Singapore.

At stake are China’s investments in Myanmar, including multibillion-dollar plans to build an economic corridor from southwestern China to the Indian Ocean so that Chinese trade can bypass the Strait of Malacca, a high-traffic waterway near Malaysia.

Because the Strait of Malacca connects the South China Sea and, consequently, the Pacific and Indian oceans, China, Taiwan (the United States does not officially Taiwan’s independence), Japan, and South Korea depend heavily on its waters.

In recent years, waters off the west coast of Africa, Gulf of Aden, Horn of Africa, Bangladesh, and the Strait of Malacca have seen attacks by pirates.

The 90km land bridge alternative would include handling fees and waiting time whilst the cargo was unloaded, moved and reloaded and as such, there is less guarantee that it would be an alluring option to the Strait of Malacca.

The plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur Airport to Beijing on March 8, 2014, when contact was lost close to Phuket Island in the Strait of Malacca.

The common narrative about China’s BRI projects in Malaysia is that it was seeking influence over the strategically important Malacca Straits.

The Kyaukphyu deep seaport is a planned trade hub that would give China direct access to the Indian Ocean and allow its oil imports to bypass the Strait of Malacca, between peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Indonesia to Malaysia coastline along Melaka Straits: The Malacca Straits is a key smuggling route for pangolins.

Police had earlier detained Malacca exco member and Gadek assemblyman G Saminathan and Seremban Jaya assemblyman P Gunasekaran.

To make a long story short, at the final stage of the simulation, a sea battle breaks out between Chinese and U.S. naval vessels near the Strait of Malacca, causing heavy casualties on both sides.

I did not study history and as such I am ignorant of the supposedly glorious days of the Malacca sultanate and the exploits of its luminary knights like Hang Tuah.

I gave them the assurance that the position of Islam and the Malay rights will remain,” he said at a ceramah in Malacca yesterday night.

Ntokozo Dube, a resident at Malacca Road Informal Settlement said soon after completing the course he was able to put his newly acquired skills to work.

That strategy, according to Zawacki, seeks ways to avoid the chokepoint of the Straits of Malacca through which much of China’s energy supplies and raw materials must pass. Currently that chokepoint is controlled by the US Seventh Fleet.

There were rumours that he may relocate to Jasin, Malacca, where he was born.

We are dependent on third-party mills and face delays in fresh fruit bunch deliveries,” said Peter Benjamin, chief executive of United Malacca Berhad, adding that high stocks and low prices could persist throughout 2019.

While developing the so-called Maritime Silk Road, Chinese firms have snapped up control of ports in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Strait of Malacca, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Djibouti.