Michael Woodhead
@michaelwood8.bsky.social
Medical journalist, Sydney, via Leeds.
Cycling in China. Blog at josephrock.net
Cycling in China. Blog at josephrock.net
Breakfast in Corowa
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Breakfast in Corowa
Michael Barrymore when Steve Wright accused him on air of nicking his ‘awright’ catchphrase
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Michael Barrymore when Steve Wright accused him on air of nicking his ‘awright’ catchphrase
Murray River camping trip
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Murray River camping trip
From the river to the sea 🇵🇸
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
From the river to the sea 🇵🇸
Houses in Sorrento remind me those I saw in Shandong province, China, built by the British in the same era. Can you tell which is which?
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Houses in Sorrento remind me those I saw in Shandong province, China, built by the British in the same era. Can you tell which is which?
Can we cancel Keith Urban’s residency permit (he’s NZ born) for supporting fascism?
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Can we cancel Keith Urban’s residency permit (he’s NZ born) for supporting fascism?
Spirit of Geelong and Spirit of Tasmania
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Spirit of Geelong and Spirit of Tasmania
Reposted by Michael Woodhead
Today on Radio National's Big Ideas, it's really important to understand China. To really get it right, we've lined up 3 non-Chinese and unhinged sinophobic warmonger Peter Hartcher.
Let's kick off with an anecdote about how weird Mao was...
Let's kick off with an anecdote about how weird Mao was...
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Today on Radio National's Big Ideas, it's really important to understand China. To really get it right, we've lined up 3 non-Chinese and unhinged sinophobic warmonger Peter Hartcher.
Let's kick off with an anecdote about how weird Mao was...
Let's kick off with an anecdote about how weird Mao was...
Adventures in Melbourne 1/ got a nice hotel in CBD for $90 by booking through WeChat. Same room is $150 with booking dotcom etc
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Adventures in Melbourne 1/ got a nice hotel in CBD for $90 by booking through WeChat. Same room is $150 with booking dotcom etc
Cheviot Beach, Portsea where PM Harold Holt disappeared almost 60 years ago
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Cheviot Beach, Portsea where PM Harold Holt disappeared almost 60 years ago
Swimming dangerous - sign at Cheviot Beach, Portsea where PM Harold Holt disappeared almost 60 years ago
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Swimming dangerous - sign at Cheviot Beach, Portsea where PM Harold Holt disappeared almost 60 years ago
Back in Melbourne for the first time in about 5 years. Enjoying the very different vibe compared to Sydney.
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Back in Melbourne for the first time in about 5 years. Enjoying the very different vibe compared to Sydney.
East coast camping trip: Green Cape
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
East coast camping trip: Green Cape
Picked up a hitch hiker after camping near Narooma
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Picked up a hitch hiker after camping near Narooma
Campground at Mystery Bay
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Campground at Mystery Bay
South coast camping tour: Narooma
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
South coast camping tour: Narooma
Not missing Hong Kong crowds
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Not missing Hong Kong crowds
Three more US-based Chinese science researchers jailed in FBI witch hunt, in cooperation with University of Michigan www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
3 more Chinese researchers at the University of Michigan jailed
The three researchers are victims of a frame-up. The arrests are part of a campaign by the Justice Department and FBI to witch-hunt and de-humanize the more than 270,000 Chinese students in the US and...
www.wsws.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Three more US-based Chinese science researchers jailed in FBI witch hunt, in cooperation with University of Michigan www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Hawkesbury recce
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hawkesbury recce
People don't believe me when I say there was only one hotel open to foreigners in Dali when I first visited in 1990
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
People don't believe me when I say there was only one hotel open to foreigners in Dali when I first visited in 1990
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Head up the Shoalhaven tomorrow for a bit of kayak camping
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Head up the Shoalhaven tomorrow for a bit of kayak camping
Lack of Chinese language experts means that a handful of hawks get to interpret statements with an anti-China spin johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
‘Hawkish’ interpretations rise as US-China discourse gets lost in translation
In an echo of the Cold War, mistranslations are testing already strained nerves in Washington and Beijing.
johnmenadue.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Lack of Chinese language experts means that a handful of hawks get to interpret statements with an anti-China spin johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...