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Map of Kiautschou Bay with Tsingtau, 1905. The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory [a] was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of 552 km 2 (213 sq mi), it centered on Kiautschou Bay (Jiaozhou Bay) on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula.
In 1914, Tsingtao was taken over by the Japanese and served as a base for the exploitation of natural resources of Shandong and northern China. With the development of industry and commerce, a "New City District" was established to furnish the Japanese colonists with commercial sections and living quarters, which suggested a striking contrast ...
Jiaozhou Bay is a natural inlet of the Yellow Sea, with a depth of 10 to 15 metres (33 to 49 ft) and deeper, dredged channels to three major ports around the bay: Qingdao, Huangdao, and Hongdao, all of which are ice-free during winter.
The richest part of the province is the Shandong Peninsula, where the city of Qingdao is home to three of the most well-known brand names of China: Tsingtao Beer, Haier and Hisense. Besides, Dongying 's oil fields and petroleum industries form an important component of Shandong's economy.
Overall view of Tsingtao, China, sometime between 1897 and 1914. The visit of Governor Sun Pao-Chi to Tsingtao in April 1910. Meyer-Waldeck is standing second from left. German 1912 map of the Shandong Peninsula showing the Jiaozhou Bay Leased Territory.
Sansha, China’s southernmost city in Hainan established in 2012, oversees disputed South China Sea territories also claimed by neighbouring countries like Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines ...
The siege of Tsingtao (German: Belagerung von Tsingtau; Japanese: 青島の戦い; simplified Chinese: 青岛战役; traditional Chinese: 青島戰役) was the attack on the German port of Qingdao (Tsingtao) from Jiaozhou Bay during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom.
Qingdao Port in the 1980s. The Port of Qingdao is a seaport on the Yellow Sea in the vicinity of Qingdao (Tsingtao), Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.It is one of the ten busiest ports in the world (7th in 2019, considering total cargo volume).