''Xiao Riben'' () is a derogatory Chinese slang term for the

Japanese people are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago. Japanese people constitute 97.4% of the population of the country of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 125 million people are of Japanese descent, making them list of contempora ...

or a person of Japanese descent. Literally translated, it means "little Japan" or "little Japanese". It is often used with " guizi" or ghost/devil, such as "xiao Riben guizi", or "little Japanese devil".

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This is a derogatory term used in China against Japan from the beginning of the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

until today.

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{{Reflist Anti–East Asian slurs China–Japan relations Anti-Japanese sentiment in China Chinese words and phrases

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