Two months after arriving in Shanghai in 1938, George Hogg travelled inland to Hankou, Hubei Province — then the wartime capital of China.⁣ ⁣ He had hoped to find work as a teacher. Instead, he became a journalist, free to travel and report on a nation at war.⁣ ⁣ But by late 1938, the situation grew desperate. As Japanese bombing intensified, the Chinese government prepared to evacuate Hankou.⁣ ⁣ From Hogg’s writings: “Refugees’ tired eyes look out from the train as it rolls slowly over the flat plains. More people pile in at every station… Bombs explode on the station as we lay face downwards. We hear the drone approaching us until it’s low over our heads. In the distance a column of smoke spells homelessness, death and a numb hate for these inaccessible and all-powerful visitants from the sky.”⁣ ⁣ In Hankou, George Hogg was no longer just a traveller. He was a witness to war — and his journey into China’s heart had only just begun.⁣ ⁣ NOTE: This video contains AI-generated visuals ba...