Demonstrating support for Chinese settlers overseas was not therefore an avowed objective of the expeditions, and although Zheng He did come into contact with people of Chinese descent in Southeast Asia, relations were not always friendly.
所以，宣慰「華僑」基本上未列入行程目的之一，鄭和到了南洋，雖然與當地華人有所接觸，但並沒有良好互動，其間甚至一度關係緊張。中華民族後裔在東非？