Hankow
Britishnoun
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Samuel Pailthorpe King was born on April 13, 1916, in Hankow, China, the son of a commander of a United States Navy gunboat on the Yangtze River.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2010
Moreover, Mr. Bingham has visited and talked with all the principal Chinese leaders at the three chief seats of Chinese government: Peking, Nanking, Hankow.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was not subsequently confirmed, but within an hour after the announcement the previously silent streets of Hankow became a bedlam of exploding firecrackers amid which Chinese newsboys hopped about selling Independence Day "Victory Extras."
From Time Magazine Archive
The countryside has been shaved of vegetation by both the natives and hunger-driven refugees on their way to Hankow.
From Time Magazine Archive
We went into the living room where my mother stretched out on the sofa and my father began talking about what had been going on in Hankow.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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