Ch'ing-tao

Somewhere between this type and the mixed type noted previously would be cases like that of Ch'ing-tao, in which virtually the entire existing city was constructed by the Germans after the razing of the old Chinese town, which included a new "Chinese" town laid out alongside the "Western" and disconcertingly Teutonic new town.

The strip of land north of the port of Ch'ing-tao in Shantung province is forested, in sharp distinction to the barren hills beyond. The forest was under German supervision, at the time when Ch'ing-tao came under their judicial control. If the port bears unhappy witness to Germany's imperialistic ambition, the green belt is a tribute to that country's attitude towards land.

Qingdao (Tsingtao or Ch'ing-tao) is a major port along the south coast of the Shandong (Shantung) Peninsula.

In 1897, Germany gained control of the Chʻing-tao area in Shantung; the following year, the British acquired the Wei-hai region also in Shantung; and the Russians acquired Ta-lien and Lu-shan in Liaotung.