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Freelance journalist in Shanghai and China correspondent for ANP. Writes in English and Dutch, reads and speaks Chinese.

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In Chongqing, Skyline-Defining Towers Find Opposition

In Chongqing, Skyline-Defining Towers Find Opposition

Why a sparkly new development has given pause to a city hurtling upward and outward.

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The Peculiar Past and Present of a Socialist Skyscraper

The Peculiar Past and Present of a Socialist Skyscraper

Once full of revolutionary promise, Beijing’s urban communes have fallen from grace.

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Provincial Court Considering Appeals in Tang Lanlan Rape Case

Provincial Court Considering Appeals in Tang Lanlan Rape Case

Recent media reports have questioned previous verdicts that saw 11 people in northeastern China convicted in …

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Trump Satire Mistaken for Real News by Chinese Media

Trump Satire Mistaken for Real News by Chinese Media

The New Yorker’s satirical Borowitz Report on US president’s paranoia over Obama reported as fact.

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In China, Obama and Kim Jong Un Are Actors and Best Friends

In China, Obama and Kim Jong Un Are Actors and Best Friends

Two doppelganger actors are striving to shed the very personas that lifted them from obscurity.

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Bike-Share Schemes Test Shanghai's Ethics

Bike-Share Schemes Test Shanghai's Ethics

Start-ups enjoy widespread use, but can’t always keep track of their bicycles.

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Wanted: Pandas, Dead or Alive

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By Kevin Schoenmakers Verified
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Reviewed: The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers’ Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Pandaby Nathalia Holt (Atria, July 2025). On November 8, 2023, three of Washington D.C.’s most beloved Chinese residents were forced to leave the United States. That morning, Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and their three-year-old son Xiao Qi Ji were put in crates and loaded onto an airplane.
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The Dutch Intersection Is Coming to Save Your Life

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By Kevin Schoenmakers Verified
| Bloomberg News Verified
Cyclists use a bike lane alongside road traffic on Rooseveltlaan in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2023. (Bloomberg) -- About once a month, Californian advocacy group Bike East Bay organizes classes for adults who forgot, or never learned, the basics of cycling. They’re almost always fully booked, says advocacy director Robert Prinz. During the three-hour sessions, most people get the hang of steering, pedaling and keeping balance. “Then the question becomes, ‘OK, now where do I ride?’” Prinz says.
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For All the Trees in China

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By Taili Ni, Kevin Schoenmakers Verified
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Reviewed: Cheng Li, Contested Environmentalisms: Trees and the Making of Modern China (Stanford University Press, 2025) April 3 was, presumably, a busy day for China’s leadership. Donald Trump had just announced a sweeping round of tariffs on Chinese imports, posing a major threat to their economy. Yet the Politburo Standing Committee and other senior officials had another important task to attend to that day — planting trees.
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