The correct option is D Chinese
The emergence of The Chinese communities coincided with the rise in maritime trade. These trading ports were the key links between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, thereby linking Southeast Asia and South Asia. In the case of China, Quanzhou, having for centuries been the most important trading port, was joined by a string of such ports as Nagasaki in Japan, Manila in the Spanish, Philippines, Portuguese Macau and Melaka, the Dutch Batavia, and Siamese Bangkok.