Mazana emakore apfuura, Mambo weChinese anonzi akapa imbwa idzi kuna Mambo weJapan. Chirebvu pasina mubvunzo chine hukama nemhando dzemhuno pfupi dzekuChina. MuJapan yairemekedzwa zvikuru seImbwa yePeking Palace muChina, yaigona kungochengetwa nevakuru vakuru, yaigara mumakeji eshenjere, yaitakurwa mumawoko e<em>kimono yesirika, uye yaipiwa kudya kwezvinomera.
Muna 1853, Commodore Perry akagamuchira vaviri sechipo, chaakapa kuna Mambokadzi Victoria anoda imbwa. Vaviri vekutanga vakachena vakauya kuGermany muna 1880 sechipo kubva kuJapan Empress kuna Empress Auguste.
Chin chepakutanga chaive chihombe pane chatinoziva nhasi uye chakazova chidiki muEngland, zvichida nekuda kwekuyambuka Mambo Charles Spaniels. Japanese Chin vanofara, vane pfungwa dzakavhurika vanogara navo mumba, vanochinjika uye vanotamba kusvika vachembera, uye vanoda mafambiro marefu.