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The British took this port city on the eastern coast of Shandong Peninsula from a tottering Qing Dynasty, then passed it on to the Germans. America kept its Asian fleet there after WWI, and in time a Japanese fishing community was established on its shores. Nonetheless, Yantai has little to show architecturally for this international influence, unlike its neighbor Qingdao. Disparaged as Qingdao's "poor relation", Yantai literally means "smoky mound" due to the wolf-dung fires the locals used to light to warn of approaching Japanese pirates. A city of 6.5 million, Yantai's GDP reached 24.5 billion Yuan in 2005. Yantai's biggest advantage lies in its integration of regional and national transportation networks by air, land, and sea. Yantai's airport offer 140 flights per week on 35 domestic and international air routes, including regular flights to South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan.

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