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	<description>Lifestyle weblog about Qingdao China</description>
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		<title>Living In Qingdao &#8211; June 2010</title>
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Qingdao has changed over the last decade, from a quaint local tourist destination, to an international coastal business mecca.   Although the environment as a whole is definably cleaner and more suitable to the western lifestyle similar to Beijing and Shanghai, industrialization does take its toll and can be seen in the annual green-blue alga bloom that started in 2008 prior to the Qingdao sailing events of the Olympic games; its causes include excessive raw sewage and pesticide/fertilizer run off.
The city has grown rapidly in recent years, the small town ...]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/07/living-in-qingdao/</link>
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		<title>The Train That Never Stops</title>
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A brilliant new Chinese train innovation &#8211; get on &#38; off the bullet train without the train stopping.  No time is wasted.  The high speed train is moving all the time. If there are 30 stations between Qingdao, Beijing and Guangzhou, just stopping and accelerating again at each station will waste both energy and time.   A mere 5 minute stop per station (elderly passengers cannot be hurried) will result in a  total loss of 5 minutes x 30 stations or 2.5 hours of train journey time!
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		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/06/non-stop-train/</link>
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		<title>Qingdao Travelogue 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a trip through Qingdao's historical Parks, Beaches, and museums  including European architecture as well as the Olympic Sailing Center.  Highlights include: Hill Forts Park, War Museum, Signal Hill, Governor's Mansion, <a href="http://www.qingdaochinaguide.com/attractions/other/badaguan.html" title="Badaguan" target="_blank">Badaguan</a>, Hua Shi Lou, Tian Hou Temple (Qingdao Folk Museum), Qingdao Marina, TV Tower, Qingdao Themed Streets (Cultural Street, Beer Street, Wine Street), Qingdao Beer Museum, <a href="http://www.qingdaochinaguide.com/attractions/other/tianmu-city.html" title="Tian Mu City" target="_blank">Tian Mu City</a>, Tiadong, <a href="http://www.qingdaochinaguide.com/photography/qingdao/laoshan-photo-gallery.html" title="Laoshan Photo Gallery" target="_blank">Laoshan</a>, Lutheran Church (Protestant Church), <a href="http://www.thatsqingdao.com/qingdao-news/restaurant-reviews/pi-chai-yuan-food-street.html" title="Pi Chai Yuan" target="_blank">Pi Chai Yuan</a>, St. Michael's Cathedral (Catholic Church), Underwater World, <a href="http://www.qingdaochinaguide.com/attractions/beaches-surf-sea/huangdao-golden-sand.html" title="Huangdao Golden Beach" target="_blank">Huangdao Golden Beach</a>, &#038; The Book Nook.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/06/qingdao-travelogue/</link>
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		<title>SINOCES 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China International Consumer Electronics Show,  July 8th &#8211; 11th 2010

Qingdao SINOCES, second only to Las Vegas&#8217; Consumer Electronics Show (CES),  is steadily becoming one of the world’s largest global consumer electronics (CE) marketplaces.  As one of the globe’s most influential CE fairs, SINOCES has become an ideal platform for CE companies to unveil their new products.  The theme of this year&#8217;s show is “Convergence &#38; Innovation”.
Thousands of global CE companies which includes chip manufacturers, software/content manufacturers, composite consumer electronic fabricators, IT hardware manufacturers, operators, communication service providers and circulation carriers ...]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/05/sinoces/</link>
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		<title>Qingdao SY Experimental Theater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Qingdao SY Experimental Theater opened last year with government support to help promote and give Qingdao residents an opportunity to participate in local drama and musical performances.
Recent performances have included:  Runaway Bride, Complicity with Cupid, Dogs Life, and Under The Banyan Tree.
对于青岛本土热爱话剧表演的人士，实验剧场将提供舞台，给予登台表演的机会.  实验剧场还计划全方位包装话剧作品，打造本土话剧明星. 9月16日揭牌仪式当天，实验剧场将启动“首席剧星”评选活动，热爱戏剧的青岛话剧迷都可以报名，寻找成为下一个舞台明星的机会.
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		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/05/qingdao-sy-experimental-theater/</link>
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		<title>Four Seasons Shopping Mall</title>
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Four Seasons Shopping Mall from Hong Kong will enter Qingdao in 2011.  Yongchang Group, the development company, has signed a contract with the Four Seasons Group of Hong Kong.
Qingdao now has three Hong Kong-owned shopping malls&#8211;Lifu International, Damuzhi Square and Four Season, the first one was purchased and the second has been under construction. The Damuzhi Square will be completed in 2012
The Four Seasons Shopping Mall will be located in Jimo World Trade Building, which is part of the World Trade Business Center project.  In the first quarter of 2010, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/05/four-seasons-shopping-mall/</link>
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		<title>Qingdao Marina City &#8211; Shopping Plaza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Qingdao International Marina Shopping Plaza (Marina City), located adjacent to the Qingdao International Marina &#38; Olympic Sailing Center (OSC), will open April 16th, 2010.  Opening events will include Ice Skating, Ferrari, and Harley Davidson Motorcycle exhibitions.
Useful Qingdao Maps:
Medical &#38; Dental Care
Restaurants, Cafes, &#38; Bakeries
Bus, Ferries, &#38; Train Stations
Bars, Clubs, KTVs
Sailing  in Qingdao
Popular Businesses in Marina City:
Dairy Queen (DQ), Starbucks Coffee,  HeLv Rotary Sushi, Watsons, Coodoo, Tong Ren Tang Medical Store, Mcdonald, BHG Market Place, SIYO Rink, Broadway Cinema City, H&#38;M, ZARA, Hush Puppies, Harley-Davidson, Lenux and Replay.
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		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/04/marina-city/</link>
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		<title>Qingdao Travelogue – TsingTao Beer Museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Qingdao Travelogue – TsingTao Beer Museum

TsingTao Beer Museum: 
The Museum and Beer Factory (founded in 1903) is &#8220;must see&#8221; attraction that should not be missed.  The tour is broken up into three parts: (1) history of TsingTao Beer over the past 100 years, (2) walk through tour of how TsingTao Beer is made, (3) current brew factory production with a final stop at the bar for some samples.  And don&#8217;t forget the &#8220;Drunk Room&#8221;, a simulation of drunkenness with slanted walls and floors.
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Qingdao Tour Guides, Translators, &#38; ...]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/04/qingdao-travelogue-10/</link>
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		<title>Qingdao Travelogue – Adventure Duck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Qingdao Travelogue – Adventure Duck

Qingdao International Marina: 
The Adventure Duck departs from gate #1 (the gate facing May 4 Square). Tickets cost 120 RMB per person and there&#8217;s no charge for children under 1.1 meters high when accompanied by a paying adult. The journey lasts 45 minutes: 15 minutes on land spent touring around the marina and the remaining 30 minutes is spent on the water around FuShan Bay. For more photos and information, visit www.52duck.com or call +86 (532) 8097-2888.
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Qingdao Tour Guides, Translators, &#38; Interpreters
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		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/04/qingdao-travelogue-9/</link>
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		<title>Qingdao International Sailing Week 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Qingdao International Sailing Week 2010:&#160; August 21st &#8211; 29th, 2010

Qingdao International Marina: 
15th August:&#160; Qingdao International Sailing Week 2010 Opening Ceremony.
15th-22nd August:&#160; International OP Class Sailing Camp / International Optimist Sailing Regatta.
21st-24th August:&#160; &#8220;Lu Shang Cup&#8221; Qingdao International Sailing Regatta (Flying Tiger Sailboats)
24th-27th August:&#160; The 2nd Mayor’s Cup International Sailing Regatta (Dalian to Qingdao)
22nd August:&#160; Qingdao Olympic Sailing Museum offers free admission.
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Qingdao Tour Guides, Translators, &#38; Interpreters
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		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/03/sailing-week/</link>
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