The Journal

Journal

City guides, hotel edits and slow-morning neighbourhood walks — everything we learn keeping up with the most beautiful coastline in China.

Red Roofs, Blue Sea

How a German concession, a Chinese port, and eight decades of sea air produced the most photogenic skyline on the Yellow Sea.

From the curved glass of Fushan Bay to a 1930s landmark by the pier — where to wake up to the water in Qingdao.

Ten streets named for the passes of the Great Wall, a garden villa for every architectural mood, and the city's best slow morning.

Fresh beer poured into a plastic bag, clams by the kilo, and the August festival that turns the whole city into a beer hall.

The highest coastal mountain in China, a Taoist temple in the clouds, and a sunrise worth the 4 a.m. alarm.

Qingdao's newest district is quietly becoming its most design-literate. Five rooms that make the ferry ride worth it.