Weihai sits at the easternmost tip of the Shandong peninsula, the closest point in mainland China to Korea, and wears its history and its environment with equal seriousness. This was the home port of the Qing dynasty's Beiyang Fleet and the setting of the naval war of 1894–95; today it is one of China's cleanest, most livable coastal cities — award-winning air, a working harbor, broad free beaches, and whooper swans wintering on its northern lagoons.
The full handbook is part of the paid series
You have read the free preview — the introduction and the route map. The complete handbook adds the day-by-day plan, tickets and transport, culture and etiquette, food, useful Chinese, and the dated source list.