Complex sentence: Chinese traders boycotted Portuguese Malacca after it fell to the Portuguese in the 1511 Capture of Malacca, some Chinese in Java assisted in Muslim attempts to reconquer the city using ships.
Split into simpler sentences: Chinese traders boycotted Portuguese Malacca after it fell to the Portuguese in the 1511 Capture of Malacca. Some Chinese in Java assisted in Muslim attempts to reconquer the city using ships.