Paperback: 181 pages
Author: Jeremy Nuttall
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press (2011)
Language: English
ISBN: 9787119068855
Introduction
If you have ever been to a Chinese restaurant anywhere in the world and ordered a beer, chances are it was from Qingdao. You may know the name, but what behind it is worth exploring. Unlike many major Asian cities, Qingdao is not a collection of high-rises and concrete. It is unlike any other city because it was built by Europeans and holds on to that flavor.
Massive amounts of manufacturing have been conducted and the city is now an appliance Mecca in China. Not only that, the region is also China's center for production of beer and wine. Qingdao has found a niche as being the place in China that makes the good things in life. And, hopefully, this book will help shed some light on why the city itself is one of those very things. Surf, sand and serious progress is not just a group of words. In Qingdao, they are simply observations.
Excerpts:
Cities of China
Getting Your Feet Wet: Introduction to an Ocean Paradise
The world comes knocking
Smell the ocean breeze
A unique past haunting the present
Europe and the Old Order
Children of the Sea
Diverse and Progressive: The Qingdao Economy
Heating up the economy by making everything else cold