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Sailing Week charts course for boating enthusiasts

Qingdao
2011-8-26

THE ongoing third Qingdao International Sailing Week will continue until September 4 at Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center. During the 16-day event, many sailing celebrities are expected to attend. They will speak to young...


Students set sights on charitable cause

Qingdao
2011-8-2

A couple of American students and a Shanghai local are selling sunglasses in a city mall to raise money for elderly locals to have cataract surgery. Nie Xin takes a look at the BluBlocker China team's valiant charitable...


City that's good enough to eat

Qingdao
2011-8-2

QINGDAO seafood and cooking are famous, and popular dishes include shrimp noodles, seaweed jelly, pig's trotters, sea cucumber and purple clams. Tan Weiyun samples the fare. Coastal Qingdao City in Shandong Province...


Sea celebration's splashing start

Qingdao
2011-7-26

WITH various sailing competitions and military band performances, as well as singing and dancing, the Qingdao International Marine Festival commenced on Saturday despite heavy fog. Colorful activities themed around...


Heading for a promising future

Qingdao
2011-6-14

IT'S not only Qingdao's natural beauty that is helping the coastal city thrive. As Hu Min discovers, the continuing construction of its port, foreign investment in local projects and the local government's efforts...


Color the economy ocean blue

Qingdao
2011-4-26

QINGDAO plans to be a forerunner in China's ocean economy by 2015, constructing a blue economic zone with more than 300 major projects. A big promotional event and investment conference will be held next month in...


Qingdao helms sailing schools

Qingdao
2011-4-19

BY 2015, around 300,000 Qingdao residents will either be able to hoist a sail and helm a boat or want to go along for the ride. Fei Lai reports that the city is providing sailing courses. Coastal Qingdao aims to...


Formula One racing on water

Qingdao
2011-4-12

QINGDAO will host grand prix sailing event after the 2008 Olympic Games and the Volvo Ocean Race. From tomorrow through Sunday, the Double Star Cup Extreme Sailing Series of the International Sailing Federation...


Plan to boost city's vitality

Qingdao
2011-4-5

PROPOSALS made in the 12th Five-Year Plan look set to transform Qingdao into a thriving business and tourist destination, while taking measures to protect the environment. Fei Lai looks at the scheme. In the next...


Five years of stellar progress

Qingdao
2010-12-13

INGDAO has surpassed expectations of its 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010), delivering extraordinary economic performance and social development. This year is the last year of the plan in which the port city has...


Reptile World hisses and strikes

Qingdao
2010-11-22

REPTILES from around the world - from vipers and pythons to turtles and alligators - have made their debut in an exhibition hall that recreates the natural environments. Pan Zheng recoils. Most people are fascinated...


Have the climb of your life

Qingdao
2010-10-30

WITH its beautiful beaches, rare plant life and ancient temples, Laoshan Mountain is more than just a great vantage point to watch the sunrise over the sea. Pan Zheng gives the lowdown on the high points. If you...


City celebrates the sea goddess

Qingdao
2010-10-23

WITH its close nautical ties, Qingdao has always had a special appreciation for the Chinese sea goddess Mazu. Pan Zheng looks at the ways in which she is commemorated. In the harbor city of Qingdao, Mazu is an...


Tranquility in tea trees and water

Qingdao
2010-10-16

MILES of lush green tea trees reach into the distance, dotted with groups of local girls dressed in traditional homespun clothes picking the tea leaves merrily. Sitting in the western seashore of Qingdao City...


Best circus acts from around the world

Qingdao
2010-9-25

CLOWNS, fire eaters, trapeze artists, lions, tigers and other animals will entertain visitors in the Qingdao International Circus Culture Festival through October 7. Top circus acts from around the world are staging...


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