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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 ...
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.
The building was later used as a kindergarten for the People's Bank of China in the 1950s [8] and is currently a guesthouse belonging to the Qingdao Central Branch of the People's Bank of China. [9] After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Consulate General was closed by the Chinese government on October 15, 1949.
The area became widely known to Europeans after the German Empire in March 1898 concluded a lease with the Qing government of China. Through this lease, the area was transferred to German rule on a 99-year lease (or until 1997, as the British did in Hong Kong 's New Territories and as the French did in Kouang-Tchéou-Wan ), and it became known ...
China has released an updated map for a southern city, established to reinforce its claims in the South China Sea, showing new labels for Paracel and Spratly districts, which were formally created ...
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.
That means more goods are coming by truck through Texas, and less cargo enters the Southland's ports. Shift in China-U.S. trade is hurting California, helping Texas Skip to main content
Map of China is a 2008 sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. [1] The sculpture has been reported as resembling a park bench or tree trunk, [2] but its cross-section is a map of China. It is four metres long and weighs 635 kilograms. [1] It is made from wood salvaged from Qing Dynasty temples. [2] [3]