Hankow

Six hours more and we arrive in Hankow, which is one of three cities built at the junction of the Han and the Yang-tse, the Tripolis of

The Awakening of China 1871

This volume reveals that a city called Hankow is "The Pittsburgh of China"; that "The Happy Valley" refers to war-torn Kashmir and to the riverine gorge cut by the Tennessee; and that the Harz Mountains of Germany, the location of the silver mines where Leibniz once toiled, is now or once was "The Stronghold of Paganism."

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There is not the roughing required in Hankow which is necessary in other parts of the empire, as in British East Africa and in the jungles of the Federated Malay States, for instance.

Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926

The flight engineer, radar operator, and primary gunner were paraded in Hankow and publicly abused by Japanese masquerading as Chinese in a propaganda effort to discredit the Nationalists.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

In 1946, eighteen Japanese military, police, and Hankow civic officials were indicted for war crimes, including the major general who ordered the sham parade and executions.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

The remaining crewmen stayed aboard, attempting a belly landing alongside the Hankow–Peking railroad.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

But in December came disquieting news: in addition to the enemy thrust northwest from Liuchow in south-central China, aerial reconnaissance showed 100 Japanese transport aircraft on fields in the Hankow area, 600 miles east of Chengtu.

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Three diverted to secondary and “last resort” targets around Hankow, China.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

Three diverted to secondary and “last resort” targets around Hankow, China.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

The flight engineer, radar operator, and primary gunner were paraded in Hankow and publicly abused by Japanese masquerading as Chinese in a propaganda effort to discredit the Nationalists.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010