Qingdao

/ ˈtʃɪŋˈdaʊ /

noun

1. a port in E China, in E Shandong province on Jiazhou Bay, developed as a naval base and fort in 1891. Shandong university (1926). Pop: 2 431 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In March, customs officers at an airport in Qingdao seized a batch of 143 nautical charts that contained "obvious errors" in the national borders.

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"There were failures at every step. There's no way they'll dig any deeper," says a young doctor in Qingdao city who did not wish to share her name.

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Concerns about the high temperatures spiralled after reports that a dormitory guard had died in his room at Qingdao University on Sunday - from what many believed to be heatstroke.

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Qingdao University officials told local media on Monday that it also had plans to install air-conditioning in student dormitories over the summer break.

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The teenager, who had just completed his college entrance examinations, tells the BBC that he had been hesitant to go to Qingdao University - his top choice - because of its dormitories.

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