BTW, Qingdao also has the best German beer in the world. From 1898 to 1914, Germany controlled the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao after taking it by naval force. Though the colony was short-lived, German influence on China remains to this day, thanks to Germany’s favorite soft power export, beer. From its start as a German-brewed beer to its current status as the second best-selling beer in the world, Tsingtao has quite the story to tell.
