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Xiao Riben

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Xiao riben
Chinese小日本
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinxiǎo rìběn
Anti-Japanese demonstrators hold a sign saying "[We] strongly condemn the Japanese!! (強烈譴責小日本!!)" during the 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations in Taiwan[1]
On September 18, 2012, anti-Japanese demonstrators march with a banner saying "1.3 billion Chinese stamp on the Japanese runts" (13亿中国人踏平小日本) in front of Japanese embassy in Beijing.[2]

Xiao Riben (Chinese: 小日本; pinyin: xiǎo Rìběn) is a derogatory Chinese slang term for the Japanese people 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 Sino-Japanese Wars until today.

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References

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  1. ^ "台湾民间团体发起保钓游行". Voice of America. September 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  2. ^ See the photography""9.18"推升反日情绪，仇恨教育应否提倡？". Voice of America. September 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
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