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Rob Schmitz / 史明智

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NPR Central Europe Correspondent, former Shanghai Correspondent, author of Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confronted China's Xi Jinping about alleged human rights violations during a meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Brazil. Chinese officials quickly interrupted and ordered British journalists out of the room trib.al/DvvC4GB

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Danish Navy confirms it has stopped the Chinese cargo vessel Yi Peng 3. This comes after reports that the Yi Peng 3 was sailing over the Swedish-Lithuanian & Finnish-German telecomms cables in the Baltic Sea when both were severed earlier this week.

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Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 is under investigation by Swedish authorities for severing telecommunications cables between Sweden & Lithuania and Germany & Finland. The ship is still being held by a Danish navy patrol boat. My report on Morning Edition: npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-…

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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant. I talk to Steve Inskeep about what this means: npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-…

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Martyn Stewart (Martyn Stewart) has spent his life collecting the sounds of nature. Now that audio has been paired with the sweeping music of Robert Shields, aka ONR, on their new album "Imperfect Cadence". Please listen to the result - it'll make your day: npr.org/2024/11/27/nx-…

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Q: So, she has 99 World Cup wins. Is anyone even close to that? A: No. That's a very simple answer: No. Joined host Rob Schmitz / 史明智 on NPR Morning Edition to talk about Mikaela Shiffrin ⛷️ aiming for career win No. 💯 in #Killington ⬇️ #Beast365 #FISAlpine npr.org/2024/11/29/nx-…

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There are nearly a million Syrians living in Germany, the largest diaspora outside the Middle East. Our story about how they’re grappling with the fall of the Assad regime: npr.org/2024/12/12/nx-…

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"We are like the dreamer who dreams, and then lives in the dream. But who is the dreamer?" -Thank you, David Lynch, for being you and sharing your fascination of life and beyond with all of us.

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We won a DuPont! So grateful to be part of such a dedicated and generous Middle East team at NPR. Our reporting, led by Daniel Estrin in Israel, and Anas Baba in Gaza, was recognised last night with this great award.

We won a DuPont! So grateful to be part of such a dedicated and generous Middle East team at <a href="/NPR/">NPR</a>. Our reporting, led by  Daniel Estrin in Israel, and Anas Baba in Gaza, was recognised last night with this great award.
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"There's nothing the US could want in Greenland that they couldn't get just by talking to us normally without threats of annexation" -Rasmus Jarlov, member of Denmark's Parliament, in my @npr story on how the Danes are handling Trump's Greenland envy: npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-…

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A year ago, NPR Gaza Producer Anas Baba and I profiled Nimer, an 11-year old boy shot five times by the Israeli military, suffering greatly from his wounds. A year later, Anas set out to find Nimer to see if he survived. He did. And here’s our update: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/con…

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My book is out today! The culmination of six years of reporting in China and Taiwan. It’s a narrative nonfiction telling of identity and politics from on the ground in China. I’ll be doing events in NYC and DC and Durham this month. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724947/l…

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The European Commissioner for crisis management, treating preparedness like it's a big joke - cracking herself up, using her emergency water to water plants, etc. It all seems a bit tone deaf, given the times.

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Our military has captured two Chinese citizens who were fighting as part of the Russian army. This happened on Ukrainian territory—in the Donetsk region. Identification documents, bank cards, and personal data were found in their possession. We have information suggesting that

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When NPR's Sylvia Poggioli came face-to-face with Pope Francis : Live updates: Pope Francis, a towering figure on the world stage, dies at 88 npr.org/2025/04/21/g-s…

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Stacking the judiciary w/loyalists. Targeting universities & News orgs. Purging the gov't. Eliminating a "woke" agenda. Our story on Viktor Orban's track record in Hungary & who it's inspired. "Trump went further in two months than Orban could in 15 years" npr.org/2025/04/20/nx-…

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NPR memo: Pope Leo offers thoughts for journalists. The times are “both difficult to navigate and to recount,” and demand that “each one of us” should “never give in to mediocrity.”

NPR memo: Pope Leo offers thoughts for journalists. The times are “both difficult to navigate and to recount,” and demand that “each one of us” should “never give in to mediocrity.”