Known in the U.S. as Tsingtao and served in most American "Chinese" restaurants. It's actually a German beer made in the city of Qingdao on the Shandong peninsula which was controlled by Germany as one result of The Unequal Treaties China was forced into in the 1890s. It was taken away from Germany and given to Japan under the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I. But China got to keep the beer, I guess.

(ching-dow) A seaport city in Shandong Province.

West by its Postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a sub-provincial city in eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula while looking out to the Yellow Sea, Qingdao today is a major seaport, naval base, and industrial center.