胶州湾租借地
The Kiautschou Bay concession or Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory, was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of , it centered on Jiaozhou ("Kiautschou") Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula (). "Jiaozhou" became romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and as Kiautschou or Kiaochau in German. The administrative center was at Tsingtau (Pinyin "Qingdao"). It was operated by the East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy.