Qingdao Diocese covers seven districts (Chengyang, Huangdao, Laoshan, Licang, Jiaozhou, Shibei, Shinan and Sifang) and five cities (Jiaonan, Jimo, Laisi, Pingdu and Rizhao) In 1898, a German priest ...
German intelligence services have repeatedly ... establish a sister-city partnership with the Chinese military port of Qingdao. Researchers had warned that such a partnership could serve as ...
However, while Hong Kong remained under British control for the entirety of the lease until 1997, Qingdao's German colonial rule lasted only 16 years. In 1914, Japan seized control of Qingdao and ...