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In 1942, Henan province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. A humanitarian crisis first sparked by drought and then compounded by a combination of windstorms, government corruption and the war with Japan – which made the province`s full supply of grain is to be diverted to the Chinese troops. Amidst a scenery marked by desolation, Fan, a wealthy landowner who loses everything, joins the caravan of refugees surging out of Henan in search of grain; while American journalist Theodore, a witness of the carnage, tries to aware the Chinese authorities about what is happening in the province.