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* The Chinese "invented" bamboo. (''They made widespread use of it, like every other culture in east and south-east Asia, but did they '''invent''' this naturally growing plant?'')

* The Chinese "invented" bamboo. (''They made widespread use of it, like every other culture in east and south-east Asia, but did they '''invent''' this naturally growing plant?'')

* The Chinese ''did not'' invent or develop the fixed rudder. (My reading suggests it was used from the 4th century B.C. in China and started being used in the west in the late middle ages.) (Ref: "''Dictionary of Ship Types''": A. Dudszus & E. Henriot. Trans. Keith Thomas. Conway maritime Press 1986)

* The Chinese ''did not'' invent or develop the fixed rudder. (My reading suggests it was used from the 4th century B.C. in China and started being used in the west in the late middle ages.) (Ref: "''Dictionary of Ship Types''": A. Dudszus & E. Henriot. Trans. Keith Thomas. Conway maritime Press 1986)

* The Chinese invented gunpowder '''after''' their invention of fireworks. (''By all means put in this date, but tell us what their first fireworks were made of before the invention gunpowder.'')

* The Chinese invented gunpowder '''after''' their invention of fireworks. (''By all means put in this date, but tell us what their first fireworks were made of before the invention of gunpowder.'')

:(I am genuinely trying to help here.) [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 16:43, 11 February 2009 (EST)

:(I am genuinely trying to help here.) [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 16:43, 11 February 2009 (EST)