Results tagged “shandong”

Remember how we told you we were going to become Qingdaoist for this weekend? Well, we're flying out there today... in fact, we're probably in the air right now! We've got a tentative schedule lined up of seafood, beer and blogging, and not much to guide us by except for these websites: myredstar (which seems to think Qingdao has nothing going on on a Friday night) and That's Qingdao (relation to That's Shanghai unconfirmed as of yet). This will be the first time in a while we've not known where to go in a Chinese city... and we'll most likely be drunk on top of that, so forgive us if old Qingdao hands end up finding what we do supremely touristy! But hey, if you have any recommendations of places to go, we'd love to hear it. Send 'em to tips (at) shanghaiist.com. And as always, thanks to our sponsors: the great people over at Ctrip.

Looking for an excuse to travel out of Shanghai this August? Maybe you ought to try for the infamous Qingdao International Beer Festival starting next week. From August 15-30, the city of Qingdao will host China's biggest and baddest annual beerfest. The event draws people, brews, and munchies from all over China and the world.

The 55-year-old from Nanzhuang village, near Qingdao, took three months to build the two-wheeler. It has no metal parts whatsoever - the joints were fixed with small wooden bungs and the chain mechanism was replaced by a rod-crank system that rotates the wheel.

UPDATE: Sadly, the person who first reported this story made it all up. It's fake.

A 27-year-old woman in Shandong infected with bird flu has died, becoming the second death claimed by the virus this season. Yesterday, the Center for Disease Control and Protection confirmed that Ms. Zhang had contracted the H5N1 strain. Those who came in close contact with her have also been tested, the CDCP said, but have shown no symptoms of avian influenza. Now the tally of reported bird flu cases is up to three. How many does it take before it officially becomes an epidemic? Source: Xinhua (Chinese)