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Why did Han Chinese officials withdraw from Hainan in the 1st century BCE?
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Hainan
Beach on Wuzhizhou Island, far southern Hainan province, China.
The Han government officially incorporated Hainan into the Chinese empire in 110 BCE by establishing the Zhuya and Danāer prefectures. However, the Chinese withdrew from the island in the 1st century BCE primarily because the indigenous Li peoples staged constant rebellions against their presence.1