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“The Power of One Yuan” Compassionate Bicycling Charity Event This Sunday, August 28, 2011, Qingdao’s Giant Bicycle Store is helping to organize a bicycling charity event, and all are warmly welcomed to join. What is more important than allowing children to grow up healthy? What is more powerful than compassionate giving? Lets take our love for biking [...]

It’s a great time to get out and explore some of Qingdao’s dynamic history and cultural relics. Check out some information on Qingdao’s temples both in town and out in Laoshan. Lying next to the green oasis of Zhongshan Park , Qingdao’s Zhanshan Temple (zhan shan si/湛山寺) makes for a great peaceful retreat from the buzz of downtown. Zhanshan [...]

After 19 Years, the Ancient Murrelet Returns! On the March 8, 2011 front page of the Qingdao Evening Newspaper (Wan Bao/晚报) was talk of an extremely rare sighting of an Ancient Murrelet , which occurred just off the southern coast of Qingdao on Monday, March 7. Although the bird is quite common in the northeastern Pacific off the coasts [...]

As Qingdao’s biting winter winds arrive and 2010 comes to an end, the local newspaper Bandao/半岛 has a post on their BBS encouraging residents to choose one Chinese character which best represents the year 2010 in Qingdao. “Anything on your heart, some unforgettable moment? Or something leaving you like a fish-bone in the throat, you just won’t be [...]

Yesterday on the front page of Qingdao’s Morning Newspaper (Qingdao Zaobao/青岛早报) was an article about the illegal act of trapping birds with large nets. Some local forest officials along with the journalist set out Wednesday morning to inspect Daoguan Mountain in the Huangdao district for bird nets. They discovered and subsequently destroyed 13 nets (one covering 250 [...]

Earlier this month, a crowd of both novice and experienced Shandong graffiti artists, better known as the Spade Crew , descended on Nanning Lu out near Qingdao Technological University . Their mission was simple – add a bit of color to Qingdao’s streets – and after a several hours they achieved unhindered success. Qingdao’s streets may not be as prolifically [...]

Just yesterday Qingdao Municipal Archives opened doors on an expansive exhibition consisting of hundreds of historical postcards gathered from around the world over the past several years by local collectors. The postcards picture scenic landscapes, local daily life, historic buildings and monuments in and around Qingdao, mostly during the first half of the 20th century. The collection [...]