Qingdao is a city in eastern Shandong Province on the east coast of China. It is the largest city in its province.
Qingdao is a major seaport, naval base, and industrial centre. The world’s longest sea bridge, the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, links the main urban area of Qingdao with Huangdao district, straddling the Jiaozhou Bay sea areas.It is also the site of the Tsingtao Brewery, the second largest brewery in China.
There is a large Korean community in Qingdao. By 2009, there are approximately 100,000 Koreans working, studying and living in Qingdao, which makes Qingdao the second in terms of Korean population in China, following Beijing which has about 200,000 Koreans. It has had a very colorful past with many different nations controlling parts of the city.