"the Japanese were on average shorter than Chinese, and since this is a description of pirates, hence the insulting name."
It was true in ancient time as well as now. Beside, thats just a physical description of other people as people in West refer Africans as Black or Europeans as White
I think today though, the average height of Japanese is higher than China as a whole, though this includes all of China, which would encompass less developed rural areas, and Chinese being pretty diverse in size and appearance all over such a large country.
No, just look at the Chinese athletes in Olympic games, especially the Basketball games; their height are even taller many Europeans teams (French and Germany)
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