Definition of "Hokow"

By a convention, signed June 20, 1895, Hokow, opposite to the Tongkingese town of Laokai, directly on the frontier, was substituted for Manhao. Szemao, in the southwestern corner of Yünnan, was opened for the trade between Yünnan and French Laos, and the common frontier was rectified in such a way as to cede to France a portion of the territory of Kianghung.

1931, Hosea Ballou Morse, Harley Farnsworth MacNair, Far Eastern International Relations‎, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 356

After some uprisings directed by Sun Yat-sen were crushed by the Ch'ing government, Sun was forced to leave Japan and Hong Kong. He came to Hanoi with Huang Hsing, Hu Han-min, and others, where he established a temporary headquarters. From Hanoi and Lang-Son, Sun directed the Chen-nan-kuan uprising. The unsuccessful revolt of Hokow was also engineered in Vietnam.

1969, King C. Chen, Vietnam and China, 1938-1954‎, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, page 16‎

At Hokow we stopped to rest with the intention of leaving the injured man in lodgings with enough money to speed his recovery and see him home. The town was tiny but to sleep behind solid walls and dine on roasted meat was a luxury after the open hills.

2009, Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin‎, Avon, page 131