Lilemong tse makholo tse fetileng, ho boleloa hore Moemphera oa Chaena o file Moemphera oa Japane mpho ea lintja tsena. Ha ho pelaelo hore Chin e amana le mefuta e khuts'oane ea China. Japane e ne e nkoa e le ea bohlokoa joaloka Ntja ea Peking Palace e Chaena, e ne e ka bolokoa feela ke batho ba phahameng ka ho fetisisa, e lula ka har’a masaka a bamboo, e ne e nkoa ka matsoho a li-kimono tsa silika, ’me e ne e feptjoa lijo tsa meroho.
Ka 1853, Commodore Perry o ile a amohela para e le mpho, eo a ileng a e fa Mofumahali Victoria ea ratang ntja. Banyalani ba pele ba hloekileng ba ile ba tla Jeremane ka 1880 e le mpho e tsoang ho Mofumahali oa Japane ho Mofumahali Auguste.
Chin ea pele e ne e le kholo ho feta kamoo re e tsebang kajeno, 'me e ile ea fetoha e nyenyane Engelane, mohlomong ka lebaka la ho tšela Morena Charles Spaniels. Li-Chin tsa Majapane ke balekane ba ntlo ba thabileng, ba likelello tse bulehileng, ba ikamahanya le maemo le ho bapala ho fihlela botsofaling, ’me ba rata ho tsamaea nako e telele.