Han-Kiang

a _ river in China, 1,300.miles long. Traffic is “considerable and the arn watered is in some places styled the “Garden of China.” Hankow, or Han-Kau, (“Mouth of the Han’’), a river-port in China, in the province of Hupeh, at the junction of the Han with the Yang-tsekiang. The i was opened to foreign trade in 1862, and has become the chief emporium for the green-tea districts in the central provinces, which formerly sent their produce for export to Canton. ia steamers ascend to the town. In 1857 Hankow fell into the hands of the Taiping rebels, and was almost completely demolished by them, Pop. (1902) est. 800,000.