What Does Kiaochow Mean?

The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of 552 km², it centered on Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula.

What is kiaochow?

Kiaochow (present-day Jiaoxian) is a port city in northeastern China that was seized by Germany in 1897 and leased to Germany under a treaty imposed on the Chinese government in 1898. Weihaiwei (present-day Weihai) is also a territory and city in northeastern China.

Was China a German colony?

Qingdao was the only German colony in the Far East. Even today, the Chinese metropolis of millions shows traces of the German colonial period. Old colonial building in the Deutsche Straße (German Street) in Qingdao (Tsingtau), capital of the former German colony Kiautschou.

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