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Stephen McDonell
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BBC China Correspondent based in Beijing. Previously ABC Australia China Correspondent.
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Is this product placement for home security company ADT in the movie “Godfather 2” or realism? #US
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#Beijing today. #China
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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More #Beijing this arvo. #China
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Sunday arvo heaps on the street in #Beijing with clear, crisp, autumn weather… #China.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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A big warm #Shanghai welcome to global companies arriving in the city for the China International Import Expo! #China These signs are all over the city, especially in train stations etc.
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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#Shanghai road bridges swooping in and out of one another… #China
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Let’s examine some lyrics from a song on that very album… ;-)
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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What a great photo after the Kangas secure the minor premiership in the AFLW! Sporting photos can really capture moments of great emotion… #Australia
October 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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#Beijing now… #China.
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Autumn is such an awesome time in #Beijing. It’s hard not to be happy. #China
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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This bloke has down perfectly the train ticket sales staff in #China. It’s hilariously accurate. His name is Paul Mike Ashton.
October 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Just saw the front page coverage from the Mirror in the #UK yesterday of Donald #Trump’s UN speech. “World’s Most Powerful Man-Baby… Deranged…”.
#US #USA.
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Such sad news to hear of Jerome Cohen’s death. No foreigner knew the law in #China like he did. Apart from having a brilliant intellect, and an adventurous spirit - which led him to practice law inside China then go on to defend dissidents here etc - he was a funny, giving person who will be missed.
September 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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More #Beijing now. #China
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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#Beijing right now. #China
September 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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My personal favourite of his (alongside Val Kilmer) was Thunderheart.
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Some pretty funny images of the #Australia for white people protestors who went to China Town for lunch after their anti-immigration rally…
September 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Cruising down the Hai He at night 2. #Tianjin #China
September 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Cruising down the Hai He at night 1. #Tianjin #China
September 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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More #Tianjin night fishing spots along the Hai He. #China
September 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Fishing in #Tianjin #China tonight…
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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After they let us out check out the crowds pouring down to the #Tianjin river front to get a look at the end of the light show. Just rammed… #China
August 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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;-)
August 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Stuck inside a restaurant in #Tianjin. Nobody is allowed to leave until the visiting leader motorcades go past after their banquet. The guard at the door also said that no photos were allowed. Presumably he meant no motorcade photos. #China
August 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The streets of #Tianjin are packed down by the river as people come out to see the light show to coincide with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit here. #China.
August 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM