Lying across the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao looks out over the Yellow Sea to Korea and Japan. Situated halfway between Beijing and Shanghai, it is just an hour flight to these main hubs. Situated on China’s east coast, Qingdao is the largest city in Shandong province. Although it is not the provincial capital (which is neighbouring Jinan) it is administered at the sub-provincial level, and it has jurisdiction over six districts …
