Editing Wan Chai (section)

===Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)===
During the [[Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong|Japanese occupation]] in the early 1940s, many bombardments took place in Wan Chai. There were abundant incidents of [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]], [[starvation]], [[torture]] and abuses of the local population by the Japanese soldiers, including the illegal use of child labour. Senior residents could recall vividly how they survived the hardships: this oral history became an important, first-hand source of the harsh living conditions in Hong Kong under the Japanese period.<ref name="oralhistory" /> The Dunmei school was closed during the Japanese occupation period. After the war, the school continued to provide Chinese education for children from families of higher income.<ref name="hku.hk" />