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The junk trade between China and Malacca suffered after 1657, when Malacca was permitted one or two junk per year. A junk is a Chinese sailing vessel developed during the Han Dynasty.
Malacca might have started as a fishing village but, by the time 1511 when the Portuguese conquered it, Malacca had developed into a flourishing trading centre.
Whoever that ruled the Strait of Malacca was in the position to apply a tourniquet to the world's major artery of trade, and whoever is the lord of malaqa has his hand on the throat of Venice .