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Anti-Chinese slurs

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Shina
ethnic slur directed at people of Chinese descent, originated as the Japanese transliteration for word "China"
ching chong
slur for a Chinese person, especially a Chinese Australian or a Chinese American
chink
thumb|A racist postcard by Fred C. Lounsbury, promoting the idea of the Yellow Peril (1907)|alt=An angry caricatured Chinese male face with spiny facial hair and a snake-like tail. Beneath is a five-line poem which begins, "He's a Yellow Peril Chink of surprising versatility."
Locust
ethnic slur for Mainland Chinese people
Chinaman
Chinaman is an offensive term referring to a Chinese man or person, or widely a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived East Asian ethnicity. The term is noted as having pejorative overtones by modern dictionaries. Its derogatory connotations evolved from its use in pejorative contexts regarding Chinese people and other East Asians, as well as its grammatical incorrectness which resembles stereotypical characterizations of Chinese accents in English-speaking associated with discrimination. The usage of the term Chinaman is strongly discouraged by Asian American organizations.
Chankoro
thumb|A picture of courtesans playing a chankoro game in Okinawa prefecture ([[Iha Fuyū, 1893). The slur is used to stress the subjugated position of Okinawan women]] Chankoro (, etymology is unclear, Ogata suggests "pigtailed fellow" while Shih states that it means "Qing slave") is a Sinophobic ethnic slur used by the Japanese since the end of the Qing dynasty and it was also an expression of insult to the Chinese people.