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Qingdao's strategic location at the mouth of a natural inlet on the south coast of the Shandong Peninsula has long made it attractive to foreign powers. When two German missionaries were killed in the Boxer Rebellion at the end of the 19th century, that was all the excuse Kaiser Wilhelm II needed to wrest Qingdao, then a small fishing town, from the weak Qing government, which ceded the port to the Germans on November 14, 1897, for 99 years. The Germans moved in, set up the Tsingtao Brewery, established churches and missions, built a railway to Ji'nan, and stationed 2,000 men in the garrison. But they were forced out at the beginning of World War I in 1914, and the Japanese took over, staying on after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles granted them authority over all ex-German territories in China. The Japanese ceded Qingdao back to the Guomindang (Nationalist Government) in 1922 but occupied the town again from 1938 to 1945 during World War II.
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AttractionsHuashi Lou (Hua Shi Villa)
Huanghai Lu 18
Qingdao, China Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: This Bavarian medieval castle built in 1903, with a tall round turret, chimneys, balconies, and... Read More Jidu Jiaotang (Protestant Church)
Jiangsu Lu 15
Qingdao, China Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: One of Qingdao's more attractive sights, this simple but beautiful church was designed by... Read More Lao Shan
Qingdao, China
Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: Located 40km (24 miles) east of Qingdao, Lao Shan is a mountain range that is part Daoist... Read More AirportsMajor Airports near Qingdao
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