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The Qingdao Liuting International Airport was Qingdao’s main civil airport until August of 2021, when all air traffic to/from Qingdao was redirected to its replacement, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport.
Chinese Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Jie/元宵节) brings light and sweet tang yuan on February 17.
Qingdao’s satellite cities of Jimo, Laixi, and Pingdu are shaping up to be comfy suburbs of an increasingly urban metropolis.
Xiao Yu Shan (Little Fish Hill/小鱼山) is a traditional style Chinese pagoda that has become one of Qingdao’s modern icons.
Daxue Lu is an historic road in Qingdao that runs north from coastal Taiping Lu past the old campus of Ocean University.
Singles Day (Guang Gun Jie/光棍节) in China is an informal holiday that takes its inspiration from the four 1’s in the date 11.11.
Qingdao’s largest performing arts center is near Shilaoren (Old Stone Man/石老人) in Laoshan district.
Taipingjiao is on the eastern end of the European style residential quarter called Badaguan in Qingdao.
Happy shopping is the motto of many supermarkets in Qingdao. To orientate those new in Qingdao, here’s a list of the major outlets in the city.
Check out a series of photos taken during a visit to Qingdao by Joe Whittingham.
Qingdao Double Star (Shuang Xing/双星), sponsor of the local CBA team, makes old school Chinese style sneakers in factories around Qingdao.
Epiphone guitars have been made in Qingdao by Gibson since 2002. Find out more here.
View a series of photos taken by Qingdao born and raised photographer Lin Xun.
The 2010 Olympic Sailing Cities Mayors International Sailing Summit Forum issued the Qingdao Declaration on International Sailing Sports.
The Taidong brewmasters are cooking up something that gives Tsingtao Brewery Co. more profit in addition to passion, dreams, and success.
Chicago TV personality Nancy Loo recently visited Qingdao and learned to love this “geographical gem”.
Summer is in season forever in these nature photos taken in Qingdao by Edward Pan.
Qingdao now has a website especially devoted to the great noodles of northwest China, Lanzhou la mian, called Qingdaolamian.com.
An excerpt from the blog of a former Liaocheng (Shandong) resident gives props to life in China.
Solar panels are one of the great bright hopes of the future for clean, sustainable energy, and they’re made in Qingdao.
Qingdao is becoming one of the most popular bouldering and rock climbing areas of China.
Check out this post from Battered Leather Journal about experiencing the Qingdao International Beer Festival.
The building on the northeast corner of the Anhui Lu – Guangxi Lu intersection is the Qingdao Post and Telecommunications Museum.
Li Lan (李兰) is an artist from Qingdao currently teaching at Qingdao University.
Making China’s high speed rail dreams come true, CSR and Bombardier Sifang produce bullet trains “made in Qingdao”.
Hassa documented the catwalk directed by Qingdao artist Da Mao (Big Cat/大猫) at Creative 100.
QQ, China’s most popular instant messaging system, has been called “the MSN killer that’s made in China”.
Ocean Heaven starring Jet Li was filmed in Qingdao in 2009. It is now being shown at Broadway Cinemas and other theaters around China.
The Camel Xiangzi Museum on Huangxian Lu in Qingdao commemorates the former residence of the famous author Lao She (老舍).
Tsingtao Beer is making a splash in Shanghai at the Expo 2010 with ads that use English as the prominently featured language.
From the travel blog called Battered Leather Journal, here’s an entry entitled Day 21: Welcome to Qingdao.
Now that warmer weather is here, it’s a good time to get out and about. Here’s a rundown of some of the best parks in Qingdao.
Chinese Style Divorce (Zhong Guo Shi Li Hun/中国式离婚) is a popular TV series from 2004 that was shot in Qingdao.
Check out these photos of Qingdao taken by Leroy W. Demery Jr. when he was traveling around China as a student in 1983.
Check out a selection of work from Qingdao born and raised Maruko, aka Wan Zi.
The main street through Qingdao’s modern downtown area is called Xianggang Lu (香港路/Hong Kong Road) after the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
Qingdao Lu is a short but significant road in Qingdao, running from the old municipal government building to the coast near Zhan Qiao Pier.
Pan Wenyi loves to paint, as evidenced by the incredible amount of canvases packed into his home studio in Taidong.
QINGDAO(nese) showcases Qingdao-based artist Alan Forrest, who works out of his studio in Taidong.
Zhou Hui is an artist drawing portraits, buildings, and water scenes from around Qingdao and Europe.
Taidong is home to some colorful buildings, a municipally sponsored graffiti project if you will.
Liu Jianqing (Chinese name: 刘建青) paints pictures to tell the story of her life. Here’s a look at some of her work.