Qingdao is China's most European-looking city: a former German concession on the Shandong coast, left behind in red-tiled hills, stone churches and a beer that grew into the country's most famous brand. Add a working harbor, a string of beaches, the Taoist mountain of Laoshan rising from the sea, and the sailing harbor of the 2008 Olympics, and you have the most complete seaside city-break in northern China.
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