QINGDAO, China — It was enough to make a trio of heavily tattooed young men stop their playful splashing and to prompt a small boy to run to his mother in alarm: a woman rising out of the choppy waves of the sea, her head wrapped in a neon-orange ski mask. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Enlarge This Image Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times On the beach in Qingdao, China, a risk of being confused with Subcommander Marcos is a small price to pay for sun protection. Enlarge This Image Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times "A woman should always have fair skin," one mask-wearing bather...
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