In ancient times, it was quite difficult for people to go abroad, because at that time, in addition to the inconvenient transportation, various means of transportation were not developed, and in addition to riding horses, it was on foot, and in ancient times, it took several years to go to those countries in the Western Regions, not to mention those countries that were thousands of miles away.
Now that science and technology are developed, there are a variety of means of transportation to choose from, it is also very convenient to take a plane, it is very convenient to go to any country, once those countries that are more than 15,000 kilometers away from the mainland, now they can be reached by plane in no more than 2 days, so today there are many Chinese living in those countries thousands of miles away.
Let's take a look at which ten countries are the farthest from the mainland:
No. 10: Guyana, 15,156 kilometers away from the mainland, it takes about 30 hours from Beijing to Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, plus the waiting and transfer time is basically 40 hours, Guyana currently has more than 3,000 Chinese, and their founding president is Chinese.
No. 9: Colombia, 15,197 kilometers away from the mainland, Beijing to Bogotá needs to transfer halfway, it takes more than 40 hours, and there are currently more than 5,000 Chinese in Colombia.
Eighth place: Ecuador, 15,380 kilometers away from the mainland, there are currently 15,000 Chinese in Ecuador, including nearly 200,000 Chinese.
Seventh place: Peru, 16,680 kilometers away from the mainland, Peru has a lot of ties with the mainland, in the early years, because of the introduction of labor from China, the total number of Chinese in Peru is now very large, reaching 1.5 million, and Peru has more people of Chinese descent, more than 5 million.
Sixth place: Brazil, 17,000 kilometers away from the mainland, Brazil is a very large country, but there are not many Chinese living in Brazil, only about 300,000 people.
Fifth place: Bolivia, 17,730 kilometers away from the mainland, Bolivia is a relatively unfamiliar country, and there are only a few thousand Chinese living there.
Fourth place: Paraguay, 18,311 kilometers away from the mainland, there are about 50,000 Chinese living in Paraguay.
Third place: Chile, 19,280 kilometers away from the mainland, although Chile is very far away from the mainland, but we can often eat Chilean cherries, 90% of Chilean cherries are sold to China, and there are about 50,000 Chinese in Chile at present.
Second place: Uruguay, 19,520 kilometers from the mainland, the total number of Chinese in Uruguay is very small, less than 500 people.
First place: Argentina, 19,764 kilometers away from the mainland, Argentina is the farthest country from the mainland, and it is also the southernmost country on the planet, nearly 20,000 kilometers away from the mainland, if you go from Mohe in Heilongjiang to Ushuaia in Argentina, it will be even farther, the straight-line distance is more than 26,000 kilometers, and there are currently 120,000 Chinese living in Argentina.