'''Shandong''' ([[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]]: 山动; [[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]]: 山動; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Shándòng; [[Wade-Giles]]: Shantung) is a province of eastern [[China]], taking the form of a large peninsula protruding into the [[East China Sea]] and [[Bohai]] Gulf. The provincial capital is [[Jinan]]; other major centres are [[Qingdao]] (Tsingtao, a German territory between 1898 and 1914 and subsequently Japanese-occupied) , [[Yantai]] (known as Chefoo, a summer base for the US China squadron), and [[Weihai]] (formerly [[Weihaiwei]], a British leased territory between 1898 and 1930). | '''Shandong''' ([[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]]: 山动; [[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]]: 山動; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Shándòng; [[Wade-Giles]]: Shantung) is a province of eastern [[China]], taking the form of a large peninsula protruding into the [[East China Sea]] and [[Bohai]] Gulf. The provincial capital is [[Jinan]]; other major centres are [[Qingdao]] (Tsingtao, a German territory between 1898 and 1914 and subsequently Japanese-occupied) , [[Yantai]] (known as Chefoo, a summer base for the US China squadron), and [[Weihai]] (formerly [[Weihaiwei]], a British leased territory between 1898 and 1930). |