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Qingdao born and bred fashion designer Xander Zhou showed his latest work at London Men’s Fashion Week on June 15, 2012.
Check out the view from Signal Hill in Qingdao’s Old Town circa Summer 2012: Green Trees, Red Roofs, Blue Sky, Azure Sea.
The Haitian Hotel on Hong Kong West Road is history. Both towers of the Chinese-Japanese joint venture hotel in Qingdao are coming down.
Check out a set of Qingdao photos from 九点一了, a visitor from a far off place known as Guangzhou.
Fu Chunli of Qingdao recently won a 10,000 US dollar iTunes gift credit for downloading the 25 billionth app ever from the App Store.
Ever since Qingdao became a name sponsor of one of the yachts, The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race stops over in Qingdao.
Qingdao based artist Pan Wen Yi works out of his studio in Taidong. Check out some of his latest paintings here.
Surveillance (Mai Fu/埋伏) is a 1997 crime thriller by Huang Jianxin that was filmed in Qingdao.
CSR Qingdao, China’s premier high speed train manufacturer based here in Sifang district tests new trains at 500 km/h.
Qingdao based Haier is ranked the number one major appliance brand in the world for the third consecutive year.
Strong Ale Works is a craft brewery in Qingdao at 12 Daxue Lu (大学路12号) in Old Town. Check out more info on brewing in Qingdao.
Qingdao based CSR Sifang is forging full speed ahead with a 5 billion yuan deal.
Xu Tao is a Qingdao native currently on the path towards an NBA career in the USA. Check out more info on “Tao Ming”.
Qingdao Symphony Orchestra featuring violinist Liu Yuxia performs in Qingdao at the Qingdao Grand Theatre in Laoshan and People’s Hall on Daxue Lu.
The People’s Republic of China turns 62 on October 1, 2011. Celebrate Guo Qing Jie (国庆节) in Qingdao.
Check out Kine’s photos taken at the Old Stone Man beach in Qingdao.
Qingdao is poised to become the creative marriage proposal capital of China.
Adventure Duck is an amphibious vehicle offering tours on land and water around Qingdao.
Qingdao’s Music Square is a seaside park adjacent to May 4th Square in the center of Qingdao.
A second series of images from Qingdao based artist Maruko (aka Wan Zi, cjj, Chen Jing Jing)
Lin Mei (梅林) is an artist born and raised in Qingdao. Check out some of her work.
Self pick blueberries are available until July 20, 2011 at the Laoshan Blueberry Park (崂山蓝莓生态园) near Beizhai.
The much anticipated opening of the bridge and tunnel connecting Qingdao and Huangdao finally happened on June 30, 2011.
The Qingdao Flea Market in Shibei district is a place to buy furniture and appliances at a discount.
Looking for tea and tea pots in Qingdao? Check out Fu Sheng De on Zhongshan Lu, est. 1939.
Xiao Hong (蕭紅) was one of a group of acclaimed authors who spent time in Qingdao in the 1930’s.
Minjiang 2 Lu (闽江二路) is known as Qingdao’s Coffee and Tea Art Street.
Once again, the great algae bloom heralds summer; green tide headed Qingdao’s way from Jiangsu.
Sui Jianguo (隋建國) is an artist from Qingdao known for sculpting huge Zhongshan suits and toy dinosaurs.
Look out Qingdao, here come American style yellow school buses to Qingdao. Do bigger noses mean bigger safety?
Qingdao based Aucma EV produces electric vehicles including bikes and carts.
Taishan Cigarettes are made in Qingdao with Shandong tobacco by Qingdao Cigarette Factory in Laoshan district.
Bayer begins construction of a more environmentally friendly factory in Qingdao for the production of polyurethane.
The 2011 Double Star Sudirman Cup in Qingdao is one of badminton’s biggest events in the world. Check out some photos here.
Every May, people in Qingdao head out to Beizhai in Laoshan to pick and eat cherries.
Nanjing Lu is a major street in Qingdao that passes by Carrefour, Gome, Creative 100, a haunted hotel and much more.
Guizhou Lu runs through Xi Zhen and Ba Da Xia, one of the oldest residential areas in Qingdao.
Qingdao bus lines 316 and 31 now feature electric buses, adding to the city’s electric bus network, which includes routes 2 and 5 in old town.
Check out the works of Qingdao artists Xing Weidong (邢维东) & You Liangcheng (尤良诚).
Yunxiao Lu is a street in downtown Qingdao known for its many restaurants.
Qingdao has Sister City guanxi with cities around the world.