Kevin Schoenmakers
@kevinschoenmakers.bsky.social
Freelance reporter and editor in New York City // Formerly at Rest of World, ANP, Sixth Tone // [email protected] // 宋楷文
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Smells like car bloat:
"More than 3,800 people were killed almost immediately when they were struck in 2023, an indication that high speeds and larger vehicles are making impacts more violent. The rate at which pedestrians are declared dead at the scene of the crash has more than doubled."
"More than 3,800 people were killed almost immediately when they were struck in 2023, an indication that high speeds and larger vehicles are making impacts more violent. The rate at which pedestrians are declared dead at the scene of the crash has more than doubled."
The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Smells like car bloat:
"More than 3,800 people were killed almost immediately when they were struck in 2023, an indication that high speeds and larger vehicles are making impacts more violent. The rate at which pedestrians are declared dead at the scene of the crash has more than doubled."
"More than 3,800 people were killed almost immediately when they were struck in 2023, an indication that high speeds and larger vehicles are making impacts more violent. The rate at which pedestrians are declared dead at the scene of the crash has more than doubled."
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In tien jaar tijd transformeerde China zijn industrie van goedkope massaproductie naar technische hoogstandjes – waardoor het land inmiddels vooroploopt in de groene wereldeconomie. De les voor Europa en Nederland? De waarde van een duidelijke langetermijnvisie. @kevinschoenmakers.bsky.social
Het waren een paar mooie eeuwen, Amerika en Europa. Nu is het China’s beurt
In tien jaar tijd transformeerde China zijn industrie van goedkope massaproductie naar technische hoogstandjes – waardoor het land inmiddels vooroploopt in de groene wereldeconomie. De les voor Europa...
decorrespondent.nl
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In tien jaar tijd transformeerde China zijn industrie van goedkope massaproductie naar technische hoogstandjes – waardoor het land inmiddels vooroploopt in de groene wereldeconomie. De les voor Europa en Nederland? De waarde van een duidelijke langetermijnvisie. @kevinschoenmakers.bsky.social
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They are planning to do to us what they did to L.A. and Chicago. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
ICE Scouted Site to Hold Immigrant Detainees in New York City
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
They are planning to do to us what they did to L.A. and Chicago. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff.
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org/cities/droug...
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org/cities/droug...
Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff.
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org/cities/droug...
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org/cities/droug...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Analysis: China is not only powering the shift to clean energy, but becoming a driving force in climate diplomacy, filling a vacuum left by the U.S. and E.U.
As U.N. climate negotiations get underway, China is staking its claim to the leadership role.
As U.N. climate negotiations get underway, China is staking its claim to the leadership role.
As U.S. and E.U. Retreat on Climate, China Takes the Leadership Role
As U.N. talks get underway, China is emerging as a key leader in international climate efforts. It is empowering the global energy transition, and along with India and Brazil, is becoming the driving ...
e360.yale.edu
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Analysis: China is not only powering the shift to clean energy, but becoming a driving force in climate diplomacy, filling a vacuum left by the U.S. and E.U.
As U.N. climate negotiations get underway, China is staking its claim to the leadership role.
As U.N. climate negotiations get underway, China is staking its claim to the leadership role.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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Really happy I got to speak with Hu Anyan about the English translation of his best-selling book, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing.
It’s a deeply captivating read that immerses readers in the repetitive, grueling days of a worker in a Chinese metropolis.
restofworld.org/2025/hu-anya...
It’s a deeply captivating read that immerses readers in the repetitive, grueling days of a worker in a Chinese metropolis.
restofworld.org/2025/hu-anya...
“I Deliver Parcels in Beijing”: Chinese literary sensation reaches U.S.
Hu Anyan, a former courier who wrote a best-selling book about the grueling job of delivering packages, discusses life, technology, and the future of work.
restofworld.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Really happy I got to speak with Hu Anyan about the English translation of his best-selling book, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing.
It’s a deeply captivating read that immerses readers in the repetitive, grueling days of a worker in a Chinese metropolis.
restofworld.org/2025/hu-anya...
It’s a deeply captivating read that immerses readers in the repetitive, grueling days of a worker in a Chinese metropolis.
restofworld.org/2025/hu-anya...
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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The new admiration for China highlights both how little Americans understand about the country and how disillusioned many have become with their own. My latest www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
Silicon Valley Has China Envy, and That Reveals a Lot About America
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The new admiration for China highlights both how little Americans understand about the country and how disillusioned many have become with their own. My latest www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
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Lmao, Chinese online sellers are already making replicas of the stolen treasures from Louvre. No one moves faster than them.
October 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Lmao, Chinese online sellers are already making replicas of the stolen treasures from Louvre. No one moves faster than them.
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Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
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Kevin Schoenmakers on panda hunters in the China Books Review...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/02/p...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/02/p...
Wanted: Pandas, Dead or Alive | China Books Review
In 1928, the eldest two sons of President Theodore Roosevelt set out to capture or kill a giant panda. Their hunting trip accidentally contributed to the cause of wildlife conservation.
chinabooksreview.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Kevin Schoenmakers on panda hunters in the China Books Review...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/02/p...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/02/p...
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
I wrote about the first panda's brought to the US, almost 100 years ago.
In 1928, the eldest two sons of President Theodore Roosevelt set out to capture or kill a giant panda. Their hunting trip accidentally contributed to the cause of wildlife conservation.
Read Kevin Schoenmaker's review of Nathalia Holt, "The Beast in the Clouds":
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/02/p...
Read Kevin Schoenmaker's review of Nathalia Holt, "The Beast in the Clouds":
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/02/p...
October 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I wrote about the first panda's brought to the US, almost 100 years ago.
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It’s always interesting when politicians say hate and violence have no place in this country. It was founded on those principles.
September 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s always interesting when politicians say hate and violence have no place in this country. It was founded on those principles.
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Oof. From M Gessen, writing about the nervousness they feel drawing parallels between our time and the Nazi era.
"The comparison seems straightforward ... And yet something in the transformed landscape of this country tells me I’m not supposed to say so."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
"The comparison seems straightforward ... And yet something in the transformed landscape of this country tells me I’m not supposed to say so."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
September 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Oof. From M Gessen, writing about the nervousness they feel drawing parallels between our time and the Nazi era.
"The comparison seems straightforward ... And yet something in the transformed landscape of this country tells me I’m not supposed to say so."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
"The comparison seems straightforward ... And yet something in the transformed landscape of this country tells me I’m not supposed to say so."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
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The story of 2025 is China's solar growth🤯
September 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The story of 2025 is China's solar growth🤯
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Forgot one:
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Forgot one:
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
“Demand that your local leaders build complete networks of sidewalks and protected bike lanes.”
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If BuzzFeed News still existed we would’ve pubbed this in a heartbeat
Quiz: Who Said It? Trump Comedy Crackdown Chief Brendan Carr or CCP Head Censor Zhang Rongwen?
(and then all the quotes would be Carr)
Quiz: Who Said It? Trump Comedy Crackdown Chief Brendan Carr or CCP Head Censor Zhang Rongwen?
(and then all the quotes would be Carr)
September 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If BuzzFeed News still existed we would’ve pubbed this in a heartbeat
Quiz: Who Said It? Trump Comedy Crackdown Chief Brendan Carr or CCP Head Censor Zhang Rongwen?
(and then all the quotes would be Carr)
Quiz: Who Said It? Trump Comedy Crackdown Chief Brendan Carr or CCP Head Censor Zhang Rongwen?
(and then all the quotes would be Carr)
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Tests on biological samples secured by Alexey Navalny’s team after his death in a Russian prison confirm he was poisoned, his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said today.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
‘Vladimir Putin is responsible for the murder of my husband’ Navalny’s team obtained evidence he was poisoned in Arctic prison, widow says — Meduza
After Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny died in a prison in Kharp, in Russia’s Far North, on February 16, 2024, his team managed to secure samples of his biological material and send them…
meduza.io
September 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tests on biological samples secured by Alexey Navalny’s team after his death in a Russian prison confirm he was poisoned, his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said today.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
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The recent jobs report from the B.L.S. reveals that employment in the U.S. has stalled—and that critics of MAGAnomics were right all along.
MAGAnomics Isn’t Working
A dismal jobs report affirms earlier warnings about the economic impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs, immigration restrictions, and DOGE-led firings.
www.newyorker.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The recent jobs report from the B.L.S. reveals that employment in the U.S. has stalled—and that critics of MAGAnomics were right all along.