Qingdao

History

The area of which Qingdao is located today was called Jiao'ao (??) when it was administered by the Qing Dynasty. In 1891, the Qing Government decided to make the area a primary defence base against naval attacks. Thus began the construction of the city of Qingdao. The city became a German concession in 1897 under a forced invasion and became a major German naval base in the Far East. This caused a great area of German influence within the whole of Shandong Province. After a British naval attack on the German colony, Japan occupied it in 1914 with British encouragement, after Japan had declared war on Germany during World War I. The city reverted to Chinese Kuomintang (the ROC) rule in 1922. Renamed Qingdao in 1930, the city became a special administrative zone of the ROC Government. Japan re-occupied Qingdao in 1938 with its plans of territorial expansion onto China's coast. After World War II the KMT allowed Qingdao to serve as the headquarters of the Western Pacific Fleet of the US Navy. On June 2nd, 1949, the CPC-led Red Army entered Qingdao.

Related Topics:
Qing Dynasty - 1891 - German - Concession - 1897 - Naval - Japan - 1914 - World War I - Kuomintang - ROC - 1922 - 1930 - 1938 - World War II - US Navy - June 2 - 1949 - CPC - Red Army

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Since 1984 and China's open-door policy to foreign trade and investment, Qingdao has developed quickly as a modern port city. It is now the headquarters of the Chinese navy's northern fleet.

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