What does "chinese mile" mean?

A li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 Chinese feet or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

Chinese mile

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A li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 Chinese feet or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

By analogy with the similar Roman and English unit, although the li was somewhat shorter.