Phil in SF quoted Judgment at Tokyo by Gary J. Bass
In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, …
In a Beijing hutong, a grizzled middle-aged worker, his face worn and weathered, says, "there should be a giant earthquake that sinks all of Japan."
— Judgment at Tokyo by Gary J. Bass (Page 2,161)
New vocabulary: hutong
A narrow lane or alleyway in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, especially Beijing.