Guizi

'devil') is a pejorative Chinese slang term referring to foreigners, with a history of xenophobic connotations.

[2] Starting with the arrival of European sailors in the sixteenth century, foreigners were often perceived in China as "uncivilized tribes given to mayhem and destruction".

[4] The character gui (鬼) can have negative connotations itself without the zi (子) suffix.

In Taiwan, anti-Japanese demonstrators from the New Party hoisted signs with "Guizi!

[1] Local expressions towards the Japanese during their occupation of China during World War II also used gui.

A pamphlet circulated c. 1899 during the Boxer Rebellion that refers to foreigners as guizi ( 鬼子 ) or yang guizi ( 洋鬼子 )
New Party Anti-Japanese demonstrators in Taiwan hoist signs with " Guizi ! Get out" ( 鬼子！快滾 ) following an escalation in the Senkaku Islands dispute in 2012. [ 1 ]