Stephen McDonell
@stephenmcdonell.bsky.social
BBC China Correspondent based in Beijing. Previously ABC Australia China Correspondent.
So we had all that analysis earlier today of the significance of the #China side requesting the call between #Trump and #Xi. Now the Chinese government has said it was the #US side which actually requested it. This is the problem jumping the gun with analysis before confirmation.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#China's 3 astronauts aboard the Tiangong Space Station will, no doubt, be relieved that the rocket carrying their new ride home has successfully taken off. They'd been potentially stranded, in event of an emergency, following damage to another return capsule, following a suspected space debris hit.
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#China's 3 astronauts aboard the Tiangong Space Station will, no doubt, be relieved that the rocket carrying their new ride home has successfully taken off. They'd been potentially stranded, in event of an emergency, following damage to another return capsule, following a suspected space debris hit.
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China’s property market has been in a downward spiral for four years with no signs of abating. Real estate values continue to plummet, households in financial distress are being forced to sell properties www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why China Can’t Sort Out Its Property Market Mess
Once one of the country’s biggest growth drivers, China’s property market has been in a downward spiral for four years with no signs of abating. Real estate values continue to plummet, households in f...
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
China’s property market has been in a downward spiral for four years with no signs of abating. Real estate values continue to plummet, households in financial distress are being forced to sell properties www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A toy making factory in Shanghai run by the Commercial Press (primarily a printer and bookstore operator), c.1925, by Paul Hutchinson. Many of these toys were for export.
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
A toy making factory in Shanghai run by the Commercial Press (primarily a printer and bookstore operator), c.1925, by Paul Hutchinson. Many of these toys were for export.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Carny (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (Official Video)
YouTube video by Edwyn Collins
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November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Xylophone, electric guitar and keyboards combining for this eerie sound…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LGD9...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LGD9...
The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way (Official Video)
YouTube video by PsychedelicFursVEVO
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November 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Xylophone, electric guitar and keyboards combining for this eerie sound…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LGD9...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LGD9...
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Two photographs by Sha Fei (沙飞, 1912–1950), one of China’s first photojournalists.
📷 Eighth Route Army recapturing Pingxingguan Pass, Shanxi, 1937 — University of Bristol, Historical Photographs of China, ref. ML02-d145
📷 Eighth Route Army fighting on the Futuyu Great Wall, Laiyuan, Hebei, 1938
📷 Eighth Route Army recapturing Pingxingguan Pass, Shanxi, 1937 — University of Bristol, Historical Photographs of China, ref. ML02-d145
📷 Eighth Route Army fighting on the Futuyu Great Wall, Laiyuan, Hebei, 1938
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Two photographs by Sha Fei (沙飞, 1912–1950), one of China’s first photojournalists.
📷 Eighth Route Army recapturing Pingxingguan Pass, Shanxi, 1937 — University of Bristol, Historical Photographs of China, ref. ML02-d145
📷 Eighth Route Army fighting on the Futuyu Great Wall, Laiyuan, Hebei, 1938
📷 Eighth Route Army recapturing Pingxingguan Pass, Shanxi, 1937 — University of Bristol, Historical Photographs of China, ref. ML02-d145
📷 Eighth Route Army fighting on the Futuyu Great Wall, Laiyuan, Hebei, 1938
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Photos by Xu Xiaobing (1916–2009), a key photographer for the Chinese Communist Party from the 1930s–1960s.
Xu documented Red Army and PLA soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Civil War; the third image here is of Peng Dehuai, PRC defence minister (1954–1959).
Xu documented Red Army and PLA soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Civil War; the third image here is of Peng Dehuai, PRC defence minister (1954–1959).
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Photos by Xu Xiaobing (1916–2009), a key photographer for the Chinese Communist Party from the 1930s–1960s.
Xu documented Red Army and PLA soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Civil War; the third image here is of Peng Dehuai, PRC defence minister (1954–1959).
Xu documented Red Army and PLA soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Civil War; the third image here is of Peng Dehuai, PRC defence minister (1954–1959).
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Join the Cambridge University China Forum for a Fireside Chat and Q&A session with Paul French on Nov 25th The event is free & open to all. Please sign up via the QR code or the link below
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕕 18:00-19:00
📌 Blue Boar Common Room, Trinity College
🔗 fixr.co/event/firesi...
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕕 18:00-19:00
📌 Blue Boar Common Room, Trinity College
🔗 fixr.co/event/firesi...
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Join the Cambridge University China Forum for a Fireside Chat and Q&A session with Paul French on Nov 25th The event is free & open to all. Please sign up via the QR code or the link below
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕕 18:00-19:00
📌 Blue Boar Common Room, Trinity College
🔗 fixr.co/event/firesi...
🗓️ Tuesday 25th November
🕕 18:00-19:00
📌 Blue Boar Common Room, Trinity College
🔗 fixr.co/event/firesi...
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Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (Official Video)
YouTube video by Jaheim Hines
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November 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Friday music this week we’re going tracks with a xylophone! Starting with maybe the best ever…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
YouTube video by ViolentFemmesVEVO
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November 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Friday music this week we’re going tracks with a xylophone! Starting with maybe the best ever…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
Friday music this week we’re going tracks with a xylophone! Starting with maybe the best ever…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
YouTube video by ViolentFemmesVEVO
m.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Friday music this week we’re going tracks with a xylophone! Starting with maybe the best ever…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHMJ...
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Senior Service Cigarettes ad, 'Loch Class Frigate at anchor in Hong Kong Harbour', by John S. Smith, c.1950 (art school graduate who served in the Royal Navy in WW2).
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Senior Service Cigarettes ad, 'Loch Class Frigate at anchor in Hong Kong Harbour', by John S. Smith, c.1950 (art school graduate who served in the Royal Navy in WW2).
Trump describes the Saudi government brutally murdering a journalist as “things happen”…
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump describes the Saudi government brutally murdering a journalist as “things happen”…
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Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
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China and Germany strive to reset trade ties in Beijing: ‘we need stability’ – SCMP: ‘Klingbeil said he had received assurances from his Chinese counterpart that Berlin’s concerns over export restrictions would be taken seriously’
‘We need stability’: China and Germany strive to reset trade ties in Beijing
German finance minister’s trip follows a tense period for China-Europe relations, with Berlin gripped by supply chain anxieties.
www.scmp.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
China and Germany strive to reset trade ties in Beijing: ‘we need stability’ – SCMP: ‘Klingbeil said he had received assurances from his Chinese counterpart that Berlin’s concerns over export restrictions would be taken seriously’
#Australia's coal exports to #SouthKorea to take a hit after Seoul announces it is preparing to wean itself off coal.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Rude shock for Australia as South Korea unshackles from coal reliance
In a move that has been welcomed by climate campaigners, South Korea has vowed to phase out coal, sparking a warning for Australian exporters.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#Australia's coal exports to #SouthKorea to take a hit after Seoul announces it is preparing to wean itself off coal.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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“Now that solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuel electricity, the opponents of renewable energy and net zero are left with the somewhat looser notion that it's not manly enough. They still assert that coal and gas are cheaper, knowing that's false…” CLICK LINK
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Liberals aren't alone as net zero sceptics — but the data doesn't lie
The strange macho appeal of fossilised vegetation means that 30 years of annual United Nations meetings to stop the planet heating any more have been a bust.
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Now that solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuel electricity, the opponents of renewable energy and net zero are left with the somewhat looser notion that it's not manly enough. They still assert that coal and gas are cheaper, knowing that's false…” CLICK LINK
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Chinese Type-039C Yuan class submarine together with unidentified creature, possibly Godzilla? ... not a photoshop.
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Chinese Type-039C Yuan class submarine together with unidentified creature, possibly Godzilla? ... not a photoshop.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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Brazil is set to kick off a plan to cut industrial emissions, a key step toward its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
Brazil to Start Plan to Cut Industrial Emissions at COP30
Brazil is set to kick off a plan to cut industrial emissions, a key step toward its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
bloom.bg
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Brazil is set to kick off a plan to cut industrial emissions, a key step toward its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
“Now that solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuel electricity, the opponents of renewable energy and net zero are left with the somewhat looser notion that it's not manly enough. They still assert that coal and gas are cheaper, knowing that's false…” CLICK LINK
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Liberals aren't alone as net zero sceptics — but the data doesn't lie
The strange macho appeal of fossilised vegetation means that 30 years of annual United Nations meetings to stop the planet heating any more have been a bust.
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Now that solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuel electricity, the opponents of renewable energy and net zero are left with the somewhat looser notion that it's not manly enough. They still assert that coal and gas are cheaper, knowing that's false…” CLICK LINK
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...