Originally Posted by
moondog
-Shandong was never a German "colony"
-I don't know a single Chinese person in a first-tier city who goes out of their way to chase Heineken
-Please support your case about "it's becoming more popular" with verifiable data; my empirical evidence suggests the opposite
-Your comment about "a few years ago" is thoroughly confusing, but I welcome you to elaborate
There was a chunk of Shandong that was leased by the Germans (Kiautschou Bay Concession) They call it leasing but in actual fact, it was a military annexation by the Germans.
That is why Qingdao has such a huge German influence including beer and sausage.
During my factory tour of the Tsingtao Beer factory, they were telling us that when the Germans "left" China, they left this great factory and the secret on how to make good beer. Tsingtao was born.