To the Japanese hobgoblins are nice creatures, but I appreciate that it's a term of abuse in China. I never suffered any such unpleasantness in the north.
對日本人而言，鬼是可愛的東西，但我知道中國稱人鬼子，是非常嫌惡之意，這樣令人難過的事，我在北方不曾碰過。