Cathay about the country from Chinese books and from conversation with people of all walks of life. During his first 15 years in China (1583–1598) Matteo Ricci formed a strong suspicion that Marco Polo's "Cathay" is simply the "Tatar" (i.e., Mongol) name for the country he was in, i.e. China. Ricci supported his arguments by numerous correspondences between Marco Polo's accounts and his own observations: Most importantly, when the Jesuits first arrived to Beijing 1598, they also met a number of "Mohammedans" or "Arabian Turks" – visitors or immigrants from the Muslim countries to the west of China, who told Ricci
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