Qingdao Tiantai Stadium Hongcheng Stadium 2008 Olympic Summer Games During the 2008 Summer Olympics, Qingdao and Beijing cohosted the Olympic Sailing competitions. In Qingdao, the events took place along the shoreline by the city. These events were hosted at the Qingdao International Sailing Centre and held in Fushan Bay, near the city's central business district. An international broadcasting center and purpose-built hotel were constructed for the Games. Motorsport The IndyCar Series signed a contract with the Qingdao city council to hold an IndyCar race in Qingdao in 2012. The subsequently canceled race was supposed to take place on a street circuit. Sister cities Qingdao has 36 sister cities. See also List of twin towns and sister cities in China Shandong Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis Notes References Citations Sources Gottschall, Terrell D. By Order of the Kaiser: Otto von Diederichs and the Rise of the Imperial German Navy 1865–1902. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 2003. Schultz-Naumann, Joachim. Unter Kaisers Flagge: Deutschlands Schutzgebiete im Pazifik und in China einst und heute [Under the Kaiser’s Flag, Germany’s Protectorates in the Pacific and in China then and today]. Munich: Universitas Verlag. 1985. Miscellaneous series, Issues 7–11. United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1912. Walravens, Hartmut. "German Influence on the Press in China". In: Newspapers in International Librarianship: Papers Presented by the Newspaper Section at IFLA General Conferences. Walter de Gruyter, 1 January 2003. , . Also available at the website of the Queens Library – This version does not include the footnotes visible in the Walter de Gruyter version. Also available in Walravens, Hartmut, and Edmund King. Newspapers in international librarianship: papers presented by the section of the newspaper at IFLA General Conferences. K.G. Saur, 2003. , . External links Qingdao Government website Qingdao International Academician Port website Study in China Admission System（中国高等院校国际招生管理服务系统） website Populated coastal places in China Port cities and towns in China Populated places with period of establishment missing Prefecture-level divisions of Shandong