Cathay known China under names similar to "Cathay", that country was known to the peoples of South-East Asia and India under names similar to "China" (cf. e.g. "Cina" in modern Malay). Meanwhile, in China itself, people usually referred to their nation state based on the name of the ruling dynasty, e.g. "Da Ming Guo" ("the kingdom of the Great Ming"), or as the "Middle Kingdom" ("Zhongguo" 中國); see also Names of China for details. When the Portuguese reached South-East Asia (Afonso de Albuquerque conquering Malacca in 1511) and the southern coast of China (Jorge Álvares reaching the Pearl River estuary in
Cathay Pacific fleet ceremony in Toulouse, the aircraft was painted in a "100th aircraft" livery with the slogan "100th aircraft", and the slogan in traditional Chinese "進步精神" painted on the rear of the aircraft. The aircraft was named "Progress Hong Kong", a name that was chosen from a competition by the staff. In November 2011, Cathay Pacific received its second 747-8 Freighter (B-LJA) which was painted in the "Hong Kong Trader" livery. The livery was designed to commemorate the topping out of the new Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal. The name of the livery is taken from Cathay Pacific's very first 747 freighter which