沿海地区因八O年代的改革，经济大幅成长，但河南及上述的三个省分却未因改革而有所改善。
日军于1944年4月19日发起一号作战，到四月底就迅速肃清了中国军队在华中地区河南省境内的抵抗。
〔1〕洛阳是当时国民党军队在河南西部的一个重要据点。
1·Here at the crossing of Nanking road and honan road the cars going across were being held up by the traffic lights.
这里正是南京路同河南路的交叉点，所谓“抛球场”。东西行的车辆此时正在那里静候指挥交通的红绿灯的命令。
2·General Ching's resolute group moved south from Honan Province.
秦将军带领的这支患难与共的队伍从河南府往南移动。
3·In Honan, I found a landlord who owned 350 acres of land in a village with only seven hundred acres. Most of this land had been acquired through the pawnshop.
我在河南一个只有四千多亩地的村子里看到一个地主占有近二千亩地，绝大部分是通过当铺吞并的。