Some archaeologists claim that American Indians are the descendants of ancient Chinese seafarers who voyaged across the Pacific thousands of years ago. Today vessels owned by overseas Chinese represent a tenth of the world's tonnage.
最遠可溯自史前時期﹘ ﹘有考古學家認為，美洲印第安人可能是我們數千年前漂洋過海的表親；近的可證諸華僑在海外經營的航運業，船舶噸位共達七千萬噸，佔全世界船隻總噸數的十分之一。