[earthboundkid]

China had their own mile. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” was actually only around 300 English miles long.

[Aerroon]

The modern Chinese li is defined as exactly 500 meters.

[earthboundkid]

Laozi had some foresight to use meters in 500BCE.

[hashmush]

And, similarly, the 斤 (jīn) is defined as 500g.