Born in 1915, Hogg was a young British journalist who arrived in China during one of its darkest hours, the brutal Japanese invasion. Yet rather than returning to the safety of home, Hogg chose to stay and risk his life to support and protect the Chinese people.
Visiting the dramatic hairpin road of 24-Zig, Jeffrey Greene felt more deeply about the greatness of the people in Guizhou who built this critical path during World War II.
When Japanese militarists launched their full-scale invasion of China 88 years ago, the Chinese military and people initiated a whole-of-nation war effort that opened the main Eastern battlefield in the global war against fascism.
As 80th anniversary of war victory nears, memories of Japanese crimes still vivid