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Inside Qingdao's authentic German quarter: A colonial legacy in modern China

Séamus Bellamy
Jun 12, 2025
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Qingdao, China once played home to a German trading colony. Like most colonial powers, the Germans shrugged off what the local culture had to offer by ways of food, etiquette and architecture. When the Germans came to do business on the coast of the Yellow Sea, they brought their language, European style buildings and the art of beer making with them. Y…

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