Stephen McDonell
@stephenmcdonell.bsky.social
BBC China Correspondent based in Beijing. Previously ABC Australia China Correspondent.
January 18, 2026 at 10:43 AM
#Adelaide Writers Week has now been cancelled following the mass boycott by authors. Board has stepped down… #Australia
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 AM
#Adelaide Writers Week has now been cancelled following the mass boycott by authors. Board has stepped down… #Australia
On a high-speed train in #China. Note the other train whooshing through in the opposite direction at the beginning. Back in the Jing tonight.
January 11, 2026 at 8:40 AM
On a high-speed train in #China. Note the other train whooshing through in the opposite direction at the beginning. Back in the Jing tonight.
I love it when #Beijing’s winter afternoon sun suddenly bursts through the windows to light everything up. #China
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I love it when #Beijing’s winter afternoon sun suddenly bursts through the windows to light everything up. #China
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Continued… thread with messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others and someone bought him a beer. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Continued… thread with messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others and someone bought him a beer. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
December 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
December 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
December 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Continued… a thread with the messages of goodwill towards Ahmed outside his closed shop in Sutherland in #Sydney’s south. I was struck by how many kids have done drawings for the man who ran towards danger to save others. Seasons greetings #Australia! Look after one another!
In Sutho, I walked past the currently-closed shop of Ahmed who ran towards one of the Bondi gunmen, disarmed him, got shot himself and saved others, especially the Jewish community being targeted in the nearby park. There are flowers, messages of goodwill and pictures drawn by children. A thread…
December 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In Sutho, I walked past the currently-closed shop of Ahmed who ran towards one of the Bondi gunmen, disarmed him, got shot himself and saved others, especially the Jewish community being targeted in the nearby park. There are flowers, messages of goodwill and pictures drawn by children. A thread…
These mock-ups are already appearing on social media. Ahmed El Ahmed: apart from saving all those people who were not shot because he disarmed one of the killers, he has single-handedly saved #Australia’s soul.
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
These mock-ups are already appearing on social media. Ahmed El Ahmed: apart from saving all those people who were not shot because he disarmed one of the killers, he has single-handedly saved #Australia’s soul.
In response to the Red Cross calling for urgent 0-negative blood donations in #Sydney following the shootings… #Australia
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In response to the Red Cross calling for urgent 0-negative blood donations in #Sydney following the shootings… #Australia
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM