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Inquiries (20)

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

Below Half Is Not Gone

Published 01 SEP 2026 · Reviewed 01 SEP 2026

A layered reading of China's first-half 2026 electricity data separates generation share, output, capacity, and system use.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

Published 01 SEP 2026 · Reviewed 08 NOV 2026

A shorter Arctic route raises a harder question: can seasonal sailings become dependable service? Examine the scale, operating constraints, and unresolved voyage evidence.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

Where Does Origin Change?

Published 01 SEP 2026 · Reviewed 08 NOV 2026

A source-audited inquiry into the separate proof gates for Canadian admission, production, USMCA qualification, certification, and entry into the United States.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

July Is Not One Number

Published 29 AUG 2026 · Reviewed 29 AUG 2026

A bounded reading of China's July 2026 industrial output, profits, retail sales, investment, property, and manufacturing survey data.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

Who Absorbs the Shock?

Published 26 AUG 2026 · Reviewed 26 AUG 2026

A source-audited inquiry into China Shock 2.0, the groups absorbing its benefits and costs, and the policy tools aimed at different parts of the adjustment.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

What Gets Through?

Published 25 AUG 2026 · Reviewed 01 SEP 2026

A source-audited inquiry into how networked attention and national-security law shape what reaches an audience or remains publicly sayable.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

Routing Around Risk

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Reviewed 01 SEP 2026

A source-audited field guide to China's non-Arctic chokepoint portfolio: oil inventories, bypass pipelines, tanker handoffs, Red Sea exposure, sanctions, and the limits of substitution.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

Open Models, Closed System?

Published 28 JUL 2026 · Reviewed 08 AUG 2026

A source-audited inquiry into the real goods, dependencies, governance, and political limits in China’s proposed international AI order.

Inquiry · Mainland Dispatch

What Xi Jinping Wants

Published 23 JUL 2026 · Reviewed 23 JUL 2026

A public research notebook on Kevin Rudd’s model of Xi Jinping: what it explains, where the evidence stops, and why 2027, 2028, and 2049 are not the same claim.

Sources (222)

Source · NVIDIA / Jensen Huang

A Message to Our Company

Published 08 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 08 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Huang acknowledges infidelity and commits to cooperate with the board review.

    Limit: Statement does not name a partner or admit espionage, transfer of secrets, or foreign direction.

Source · Axios

Read: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s letter to staff about affair

Published 08 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 08 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Supplied news link; search metadata available, publisher fetch returned HTTP 403.

    Limit: The statement is verified through Nvidia’s later first-party publication instead of inferring the inaccessible article’s full contents.

Source · NVIDIA

Statement from NVIDIA Board of Directors

Published 08 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 08 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Independent directors and outside counsel will oversee an investigation; the board states confidence in leadership.

    Limit: Board says it has no reason to believe secrets or national security were compromised. That is its present position, not the outcome of the inquiry.

Source · Financial Times / Ars Technica

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang summoned by Congress over Chinese espionage concerns

Published 06 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 06 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    FT reporting carried by Ars describes allegations involving a Megaspeed executive and Nvidia’s response.

    Limit: One syndicated report, not independent corroboration by two publishers. Underlying intelligence is not publicly inspected.

Source · House Select Committee on the CCP

Moolenaar, Mast, and Crawford Seek Briefing from Jensen Huang

Published 05 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 05 NOV 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Committee release requests a November 18 closed-door briefing, with a response or alternative date by November 11.

    Limit: Release inspected; signed letter behind its redirect not reviewed. Request is not a subpoena, completed briefing or adjudication.

Source · The New York Times

Nvidia China reporting linked by the supplied HN thread

Published 29 OCT 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: unreviewed · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 29 OCT 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Canonical original-report URL resolved from HN metadata; original text not accessible.

    Limit: Publisher read failed and supplied archive timed out. No original-text findings or quotations are attributed from this unread page.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

2026年1—9月份全国规模以上工业企业利润增长15.5%

Published 27 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Growth for Whom?

    Published 27 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    Official January–September 2026 industrial-profit release, including aggregate and sector breakdowns.

    Limit: Chinese original inspected on October 28; the supplied English release was inaccessible on this recheck. The English page was inspected earlier in this conversation, but the Chinese original supports the admitted figures. Covers industrial legal entities with annual main-business revenue of at least RMB 20 million. Comparable reporting scope; current-price profits are not real GDP, wages or household income. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. Inspection: full-text.

Source · State Council General Office; official republication by Ministry of Ecology and Environment

国务院办公厅关于适应人工智能技术发展助力构建就业友好型发展方式的意见

Published 24 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Convenient for Whom?

    Published 24 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    State Council General Office opinion on AI and employment, including transition support and employment-risk assessment.

    Limit: The document signature is dated October 16, 2026; October 24 is this official republication date. Document number: 国办发〔2026〕29号. Policy text establishes stated measures, not local implementation, universal individual entitlements, employer compliance, measured displacement or worker outcomes. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Financial Times / Acast

FT News Briefing: US prepared for protracted stalemate with Iran

Published 23 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Faster Trials, Stronger Evidence?

    Published 23 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Publisher distribution listing names the human-trials long-read, helping establish a discovery trail.

    Limit: Direct fetch unavailable; indexed publisher listing only. Does not verify the clinical allegations or supply the article’s canonical URL. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: metadata.

Source · US Treasury

Treasury Issues Proposed Rule to Implement Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act

Published 22 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Expanding Security Perimeter

    Published 22 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Treasury describes proposed expansion of outbound-investment requirements, including biotechnology.

    Limit: Proposal, not final operative expansion. Obtain the NPRM and subsequent final rule before asserting legal thresholds. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

Preliminary accounting results of GDP for the third quarter of 2026

Published 21 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Growth for Whom?

    Published 21 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Official preliminary GDP release: 4.5% year-over-year growth in Q3 and 4.6% across the first three quarters.

    Limit: Growth rates use constant prices; output values use current prices. Preliminary official statistics do not directly measure household experience. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL)

宁德时代新能源科技股份有限公司 2026 年第三季度报告

Published 21 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Growth for Whom?

    Published 21 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    Unaudited consolidated filing with January–September profit and cash paid to and on behalf of employees; a company payment measure, not individual pay.

    Limit: CNINFO publication is October 21; the report is signed October 20. The primary PDF was downloaded and text inspected; the employee-payment cash-flow table was also visually inspected. Browser text retrieval timed out. Third-quarter financial statements are unaudited. The consolidated January–September cash-flow comparison uses RMB thousands and includes payments on behalf of employees. No period-average staffing, hours, payment-component or worker-level distribution evidence is supplied here. Total employee-related cash is not average salary or take-home pay. Consolidated group coverage differs from domestic NBS household and industrial populations. Co-movement of profits and employee-related cash does not identify causation. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. Inspection: full-text.

Source · DHS / Federal Register

Notice of Order Regarding Exclusion and Removal of DeepSeek Products

Published 20 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Expanding Security Perimeter

    Published 20 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Federal Register notice concerns DeepSeek-related procurement and federal civilian IT systems.

    Limit: HTML omits the scanned signed-order appendix. Notice publication and order issuance must remain distinct; not a nationwide consumer ban. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · ChinaTalk

The MATCH Act

Published 20 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: abstract · Access: open-access

Used in 2 publications: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Expanding Security Perimeter

    Published 20 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Interview text explores DUV equipment controls, allied coordination and retaliation scenarios.

    Limit: Policy advocacy and forecasts, not enacted statutory requirements or measured outcomes. Article and distributed audio titles differ. No audio audit. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: abstract.

  • Read in context: Who Builds the Chip?

    Published 20 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Interview text explores DUV equipment controls, allied coordination and retaliation scenarios.

    Limit: Policy advocacy and forecasts, not enacted statutory requirements or measured outcomes. Article and distributed audio titles differ. No audio audit. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: abstract.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

2026年前三季度居民收入和消费支出情况

Published 19 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Growth for Whom?

    Published 19 OCT 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    January–September household income release distinguishing wage income per resident, mean disposable income and median per-capita disposable income.

    Limit: Wage income per resident is not average employee salary or a payslip measure. Median disposable income is defined using surveyed households ranked by per-capita income. Wage-component and median growth are nominal year-on-year comparisons. The separately reported real disposable-income growth must not be applied to the wage component. No employer, sector or same-worker longitudinal linkage is established. Shared reporting periods do not identify a profit-to-wage causal relationship. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. Inspection: full-text.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

National economic performance in the first three quarters of 2026

Published 19 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Growth for Whom?

    Published 19 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Companion official release for the Q3 economic context.

    Limit: Official statistical publication; distinguish sectoral indicators, nominal totals and real growth. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Inspection: full-text.

Source · ChinaTalk

The Case for DUV Controls

Published 17 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: abstract · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Builds the Chip?

    Published 17 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Interview text with Saif Khan makes a specific policy argument about lithography export controls.

    Limit: Substantial Q&A text inspected; no complete audio audit. Production scenarios through the mid-2030s are forecasts, not observed outcomes. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Retrieve the underlying policy report through the publisher’s links before commissioning; the exact report URL and bibliographic citation were not retained. Inspection: abstract.

Source · MOFCOM / MOST

商务部 科技部公告2026年第48号:技术目录征求意见与临时登记

Published 16 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Expanding Security Perimeter

    Published 16 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Original Chinese notice proposes 40 technology additions and establishes interim pre-export registration.

    Limit: Catalogue proposal and immediate registration have different legal effects. Annex thresholds need separate inspection; original Chinese controls any English paraphrase. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · MOFCOM

商务部新闻发言人就修订技术目录答记者问

Published 16 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Expanding Security Perimeter

    Published 16 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Ministry explains the proposal, exemptions and interim registration arrangements.

    Limit: Official interpretation of policy, not independent evidence of motives or enforcement outcomes. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · House Select Committee on the CCP

Moolenaar Calls for Pentagon to Update Its List of PLA-Linked Institutions and Talent Recruitment Programs

Published 14 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Expanding Security Perimeter

    Published 14 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Committee chair requests additions to the Section 1286 list.

    Limit: A congressional request is not a completed list update. Listed affiliations and national-security characterizations are the committee’s assertions. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · US Treasury

Treasury Announces Enforcement Penalty for Violation of Outbound Program

Published 07 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Expanding Security Perimeter

    Published 07 OCT 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Treasury reports a USD 200,000 notification penalty imposed in July 2026 involving a controlled foreign entity.

    Limit: Announcement date differs from penalty date and April 2025 investment date. Notification failure is not proof of a prohibited technology transfer. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · German Marshall Fund / China Global

Assessing the Trump-Xi Summit with Da Wei

Published 30 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: A Deal Is Not a Delivery

    Published 30 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Bonnie S. Glaser and Da Wei assess summit outcomes and differences in interpretation.

    Limit: Publisher notes and chapters checked. Page narration is separate from the embedded podcast; no complete listening audit. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Host: Bonnie S. Glaser. Guest: Da Wei, Tsinghua University. Inspection: metadata.

Source · Ministry of Commerce of China

MOFCOM account of US-China economic and trade consultation outcomes

Published 30 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: A Deal Is Not a Delivery

    Published 30 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Chinese account of reciprocal trade arrangements and their procedural conditions.

    Limit: English publication date differs from the September 28 Chinese account. Legal procedures and implementation remain separate from announced agreement. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Account describes an extension to January 10, 2027 and a November AI meeting. November 8 readback confirms these as announced milestones; their completion is not established here. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Sinica

From Barefoot Doctors to Biologics: Dr. Ruby Wang on China’s Healthcare Revolution

Published 29 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Faster Trials, Stronger Evidence?

    Published 29 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Interview offers a clinician and policy practitioner’s interpretation of healthcare and biotechnology.

    Limit: Publisher metadata and chapters only; no full audio review. Licensing values, trial outcomes and institutional claims need original records. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: metadata.

Source · Sinica

Transcript: From Barefoot Doctors to Biologics

Published 29 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: abstract · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Faster Trials, Stronger Evidence?

    Published 29 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Publisher transcript provides attributed healthcare discussion and chapter markers.

    Limit: Selected passages inspected; the interview does not establish comparative trial quality or validate individual treatments. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: abstract.

Source · Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

Eight Deliverables and Understandings from the September summit

Published 26 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: A Deal Is Not a Delivery

    Published 26 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Chinese primary readout of summit understandings, including AI and military communication.

    Limit: Prospective channels and memoranda must not be described as demonstrated operational capabilities. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Inspection: full-text.

Source · White House

White House fact sheet on the September US-China state visit

Published 25 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: A Deal Is Not a Delivery

    Published 25 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    US account of trade, investment and AI commitments announced during the summit.

    Limit: A government account of its commitments and framing; not evidence of executed purchases or implementation. Track instruments and effective dates separately. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Includes approximately USD 30 billion in goods in each direction and prospective coal purchases of 10 million tons in 2027 and 2028. These are commitments, not observed shipments. Inspection: full-text.

Source · International Labour Organization

Artificial intelligence adoption in Chinese enterprises: productivity effects

Published 15 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: abstract · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Convenient for Whom?

    Published 15 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Study combines interviews at 21 firms with a survey of 1,591 professionals to examine adoption, productivity and work.

    Limit: Research brief and methodology summary inspected; underlying microdata not audited. Company-reported gains and nonrepresentative samples cannot establish nationwide effects. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Inspection: abstract.

Source · Hudson Institute / China Insider

Chinese Actors Cited in Anthropic's Threat Report

Published 15 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 15 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Episode description identifies the research lead.

    Limit: Audio not audited. No spoken arguments, quotations, or timecodes attributed. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

About the China Capital investigation

Published 14 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: When the Bank Carries the State

    Published 14 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Publisher account of the investigation and reporting collaboration.

    Limit: Project explanation, not independent corroboration of the underlying findings. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Inspection: full-text.

Source · International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

China Capital: ICBC, political priorities and risky clients

Published 14 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: When the Bank Carries the State

    Published 14 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Investigation of financing decisions and political priorities using records from ICBC’s London operations.

    Limit: ICIJ reports 4.8 million records covering 2005–2024. Leaked corpus not independently available or reproduced here; historical transactions do not establish current conduct. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Use the FAQ to distinguish compliance questions, internal policy failures and alleged legal violations. Do not infer illegality from politically sensitive clients alone. Inspection: full-text.

Source · International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

China Capital: methodology and provenance FAQ

Published 14 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: When the Bank Carries the State

    Published 14 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Provenance, scope and reporting methods for the China Capital project.

    Limit: Publisher says records originated with hacking groups and were supplied anonymously. No raw leaked files retained here. Outreach and nonresponse are not admissions. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. The FAQ describes a 2019 Huawei transfer of USD 1.3 billion as not illegal. Preserve that distinction; do not turn internal AML-policy questions into an asserted criminal finding. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Zhejiang International Communication Center (ZICC)

Dubai Tower makes Europe arrival via China-Europe Arctic Express

Published 13 SEP 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Published 13 SEP 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Publisher reporting says Dubai Tower reached Felixstowe September 12 after Teesport. Read on November 8 in Chinese and English.

    Limit: Attributed reporting, not an independently reconstructed voyage. Operator or port originals and a complete seasonal call series remain unreviewed. No universal transit-time or emissions conclusion is drawn.

Source · Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC

Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on September 11, 2026

Published 11 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 11 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Official English version of the response to surveillance allegations.

    Limit: General response, not a technical rebuttal; Chinese-language counterpart not audited. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · Sinica

Strategic Stalemate: Ryan Hass on How Beijing Sees America — and Trump

Published 11 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: A Deal Is Not a Delivery

    Published 11 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Pre-summit interview with Ryan Hass provides a dated interpretation of Beijing’s outlook.

    Limit: Expert interpretation predates the summit; do not retrofit later outcomes into a prediction. No audio audit. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: metadata.

Source · Anthropic

Countering misuse of AI: September 2026

Published 10 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 10 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Case descriptions, measurements, attribution language, and reported enforcement.

    Limit: Provider-selected cases and telemetry; no independent audit of every claim. HTML reviewed; downloadable PDF not fully audited. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · Anthropic

Measuring tactical intelligence targeting and conventional weapons capabilities of AI models

Published 10 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 10 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Controlled capability evaluations, separate from observed misuse cases.

    Limit: Provider evaluation is not evidence of deployment by a particular actor. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · NSA / CISA / FBI

China-Based Artificial Intelligence Companies Conducting Industrial-Scale Distillation Campaigns Against U.S. AI Companies

Published 08 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 08 SEP 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Separate government assessment of distillation campaigns and provider responses.

    Limit: Different population and period from Anthropic's casebook; not case-by-case corroboration. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · Rest of World

Taiwan’s six-year hunt for China’s undercover chip labs

Published 02 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Builds the Chip?

    Published 02 SEP 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Reporting combines government figures, court filings and interviews about concealed investment and semiconductor expertise.

    Limit: 166 concealed-investment probes and 67 trade-secret cases are distinct categories, not conviction counts. Preserve the six-year scope and China’s denial. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Recruitment, ownership concealment, legal investment and trade-secret theft must remain separate factual and legal questions. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Global Affairs Canada

Notice to Importers No. 1168 - Electric vehicles from China

Published 29 AUG 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 29 AUG 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Sets the second quota period at 24,500 vehicles plus unused first-period volume, using shipment-specific permits for imports into Canada.

    Limit: The notice governs Canadian admission. It does not decide Canadian production, USMCA origin, entry into the United States, or a customs violation.

Source · Global Affairs Canada Export and Import Controls System

Imports of electric vehicles from China

Published 28 AUG 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 28 AUG 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Reports 15,603 first-period quota uses and 8,897 remaining from the 24,500-vehicle maximum through August 28. Dated update: the report marked November 6, 2026, 15:00 ET lists 16,206 annual quota uses and 32,794 remaining; its second-period total is 603. The first-period total remains 15,603. These are utilization counts, not verified deliveries or vehicle-origin determinations.

    Limit: Aggregate tariff-line utilization is not a VIN-linked production record, USMCA calculation, US entry, or enforcement finding.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

Profits of Industrial Enterprises above the Designated Size from January to July in 2026

Published 27 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 27 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    The original August 27 record reports 17.6 percent comparable-basis profit growth, major industry differences, revenue and cost totals, margin, receivables, inventories, and balance-sheet measures. NBS posted its English version on August 28.

    Limit: A cumulative aggregate can be concentrated by sector and affected by the comparable enterprise population. Profit, receivables, inventory, and cash flow are distinct measures.

Source · NVIDIA

NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal 2027

Published 26 AUG 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 26 AUG 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    The Q3 outlook did not assume China Data Center compute revenue.

    Limit: Outlook is forward-looking and segment-specific. It is not proof of zero China revenue or of no Chinese use of Nvidia products.

Source · Department of Finance Canada

Canadian countermeasures in response to US tariffs

Published 25 AUG 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 25 AUG 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Canada announced tariffs at 15%, 25%, or 50% on C$27.6 billion of US goods, scheduled to take effect September 8, 2026. November 8 review: the current government list says the countertariffs took effect September 8, 2026.

    Limit: At the August 30 review cutoff, these measures were announced but not yet effective. Later implementation requires a new source check.

Source · Hudson Institute - Simplecast

China Insider episode 195: US-Canada trade, Niu Lai, and the Hong Kong verdict

Published 25 AUG 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 2 publications: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 25 AUG 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The RSS record identifies episode 195, an August 25, 2026 release, and a 39:23 runtime. The full publisher audio was reviewed manually and mapped to 01:53, 20:48, and 29:38 segment starts.

    Limit: No Hudson or Simplecast transcript or chapter record was located through August 30. The publisher audio controls; the supplied synopsis and local audit notes are not evidence links.

  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 25 AUG 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The RSS record identifies episode 195, an August 25, 2026 release, and a 39:23 runtime. The full publisher audio was reviewed manually and mapped to 01:53, 20:48, and 29:38 segment starts.

    Limit: No Hudson or Simplecast transcript or chapter record was located through August 30. The publisher audio controls; the supplied synopsis and local audit notes are not evidence links.

Source · Sixth Tone

Inside the Chinese AI Studio Shrinking Short-Drama Crews to One

Published 25 AUG 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Convenient for Whom?

    Published 25 AUG 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    Reported task-time savings and review workload at Qidian Interactive; a workplace case, not a measured national productivity effect.

    Limit: Full original feature inspected. Ma Shuan and Chen Jie describe their own work; no time logs, payroll or staffing series were inspected. Part 2 of the series, distinct from the existing part 1 source sixth-tone-ai-drama-2026. Additional reporting credited to Lü Xiao. August reporting predates the October employment opinion. It is not evidence of that policy being implemented; a one-person production goal is not a verified staffing outcome. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Government of the Hong Kong SAR

Court of First Instance delivers verdict in Hong Kong Alliance case

Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    The release identifies the defendants' dispositions, welcomes the verdict, states the government's national-security and constitutional position, and says the case was adjourned to August 28 for mitigation.

    Limit: This is the executive government's position on the case, not an independent case summary and not a sentencing order.

Source · Hong Kong Judiciary - Court of First Instance

HKSAR v Hong Kong Alliance and others [2026] HKCFI 4794

Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    The 498-paragraph reasons define the charge, record the defense, reject one prosecution constitutional theory, apply Articles 22 and 23, distinguish pre-law background from post-law acts, and convict Lee, Chow, and the Alliance.

    Limit: The posted judgment is in Traditional Chinese. This Notebook paraphrases the reviewed reasons and does not substitute for legal advice or an authorized English translation.

Source · Human Rights Watch

Hong Kong: Activists Convicted for Tiananmen Vigils

Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    Human Rights Watch argues that the convictions violate expression and peaceful-assembly rights, summarizes the defense position, and distinguishes the August 28 mitigation hearing from later sentencing.

    Limit: This is an advocacy organization's legal and human-rights assessment; its 'vigil organizers' frame is broader than the judgment's exact charged acts.

Source · Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister Carney's Canada-US trade statements

Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The statements document the August 21 suspension after last-minute US terms that Canada described as unfair and uneconomic. The prepared remarks emphasize flexibility, sovereignty, French language and culture, diversification, and dollar-for-dollar countertariffs.

    Limit: These are Canada's official account of negotiations, not an agreed bilateral record. The prepared text does not identify a specific China clause, and it cannot establish the other side's motive.

Source · Reddit

Reader discussion of The China Shock 2.0

Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Supplied questions about output versus jobs, social protection, threat rhetoric, and disciplined industrial policy.

    Limit: Anonymous discussion context, not evidence; no username, score, or quotation appears in public copy.

Source · The Ezra Klein Show - New York Times Opinion

The China Shock 2.0

Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 21 AUG 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Publisher record for the guest, release date, 1:05:30 runtime, show framing, and manually audited audio passages.

    Limit: The show initiates the inquiry but does not independently establish its economic claims.

Source · Associated Press

A Chinese animated film mocked as terrible becomes a box-office hit

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    AP attributes to Maoyan about 10,000 yuan over Niu Lai's first 10 days, 8.2 million yuan on Monday August 17, nearly 300,000 admissions that day, and 17.1 million yuan cumulatively.

    Limit: AP could not independently verify the separate report that two people made the film. The figures are dated, rounded, and not a final gross.

Source · Al Jazeera

Can China's new Arctic sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints?

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 18 AUG 2026

Used in 2 publications: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 18 AUG 2026

    Frames the Arctic proposal against Hormuz and Suez, supporting the non-Arctic conclusion that a seasonal container service does not replace Gulf energy or Suez-scale trade.

    Limit: The comparison depends partly on operator claims and does not establish a universal portfolio policy, a risk-free corridor, or substitution at equivalent scale.

  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 18 AUG 2026

    Frames the announced Arctic service as a seasonal hedge and records expert cautions about scale, ice, and Russian administration.

    Limit: Schedule and transit-time details substantially trace to the operator; the report does not prove arrival, completed transit, reliable repetition, or safe passage.

Source · The Washington Post

China and Russia are fueling Iran's war machine

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 18 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 18 AUG 2026

    Advances the geopolitical argument connecting PRC-linked procurement and Russian intelligence support to Iran's military capacity.

    Limit: This is an opinion essay by Foundation for Defense of Democracies authors. Its underlying factual claims are checked against Treasury and AP rather than adopted on authority.

Source · Reuters

China's state shippers deploy oil tankers outside Gulf, avoid chokepoints, sources say

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Reports state-linked tanker redeployment, Kpler's outside-Gulf STS estimate, vessel schedules, and freight economics.

    Limit: Several central details rely on unnamed trade sources and proprietary shipping data not independently reconstructed for this Notebook.

Source · The Guardian

Derided low-tech animation Niu Lai rivals blockbusters at Chinese box office

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    The report records the film's August 5 release, 86-minute runtime, first-10-day relegation, later 14.9 million yuan cumulative figure, and The Odyssey's 192 million yuan three-day China opening.

    Limit: Those cumulative and opening-weekend figures cover different periods. The headline's 'rivals' language should not be converted into equal gross.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics

Energy Production in July 2026

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Below Half Is Not Gone

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Supplies July and January-July coal-production and thermal-generation context after the H1 window.

    Limit: Raw coal, thermal generation, coal-fired generation, capacity, consumption, and emissions are different series; July does not replace H1.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

Industrial Production Operation in July 2026

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Reports July real value-added growth of 4.5 percent for industrial enterprises above the designated size, plus sector, industry, product, sales-ratio, export-delivery, coverage, and seasonal-adjustment details.

    Limit: The enterprise population changes annually. Value added is a real output measure for covered industrial firms, not a measure of profits, employment, or the entire economy.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

Investment in Fixed Assets from January to July 2026

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Reports 26.0328 trillion yuan in fixed investment excluding rural households, down 6.7 percent, alongside industry, ownership, regional, technology-related, coverage, and revision detail.

    Limit: The series includes projects above a threshold and all property development, is not price adjusted, and uses a revised prior-year comparison base.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

Investment in Real Estate Development from January to July 2026

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Reports property investment, construction, new starts, completions, new-commercial-building sales area and value, inventory, financing, regional results, coverage, and comparable-basis revisions.

    Limit: The indicators are cumulative and mix monetary flows with square-meter measures. The prior-year base was revised for comparability.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods from January to July 2026

Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 18 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Reports 28.7744 trillion yuan in January-July retail sales, up 1.2 percent, and 3.9022 trillion yuan in July, up 0.6 percent, with area, format, category, online, coverage, and revision notes.

    Limit: Retail sales cover goods and catering rather than total household consumption. Growth rates are not adjusted for prices, and the 2026 online series changed coverage.

Source · The Guardian

China turns to Arctic 'Ice Silk Road' as Middle East routes constrict

Published 17 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 2 publications: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 17 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Connects the Arctic proposal to contemporary Middle East disruption while identifying why the non-Arctic chokepoints retain different energy and container functions.

    Limit: Launch reporting cannot prove that China has replaced Hormuz or Suez, or that every state-linked carrier follows one route policy.

  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Published 17 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Reports the Arctic launch proposition alongside environmental, sanctions, insurance, and Russian-governance dependencies.

    Limit: The report does not establish lower lifecycle impact, voyage completion, reliable service, or Suez-scale capacity.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

National Economy Maintained Steady Momentum with Innovation-driven and High-quality Development in the First Seven Months

Published 17 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 17 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Synthesizes July and January-July releases and describes stable production, employment, prices, trade, and new growth drivers while acknowledging an acute imbalance between strong supply and weak demand.

    Limit: This is the publishing government's characterization of its data and policy context, not independent validation of the underlying records or causal claims.

Source · Zhoushan Municipal People's Government

New container lane to Europe halves transit time

Published 17 AUG 2026 · Record checked 21 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Published 17 AUG 2026 · Record checked 21 AUG 2026

    Reports that Dubai Tower departed Ningbo–Zhoushan Port on August 15, after the operator's earlier weather adjustment.

    Limit: The departure report does not provide AIS evidence, arrival confirmation, a completed Arctic-transit record, or proof that later weekly sailings operated.

Source · Movie Box Office - Sina

August 16 preliminary daily box-office report

Published 16 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 16 AUG 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    The dated post attributes preliminary national data to the China Film Special Fund office and lists Niu Lai near 6 million yuan and The Odyssey near 65 million yuan on August 16.

    Limit: This is a republished preliminary snapshot in a rolling social feed, not a stable official database table or a final audited market total.

Source · The White House

The Great Transshipment Scam

Published 13 AUG 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 13 AUG 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The report places Canada in a diversified high-risk tier, describes possible improper USMCA treatment, and distinguishes model-based, product-screen, transaction, and facility-level estimates. It gives an overall estimate range of roughly US$40 billion to US$303 billion and says the methods are not additive or directly comparable.

    Limit: Its Canada passages are risk claims, not a public Canada-specific shipment determination. The report says shifted trade does not prove all displaced Chinese trade was illegally transshipped, and labels its central economic effects model-based rather than observed.

Source · US Energy Information Administration

Global Energy Security Data

Published 12 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 12 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Provides quarterly chokepoint flows, EIA estimates for China's combined government and commercial crude stocks, and the August disruption outlook.

    Limit: China does not publish a complete inventory series; the stock values are modelled estimates and may be revised.

Source · Fresh Air · NPR

Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?

Published 12 AUG 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 12 AUG 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Supplies the question, interview framing, sector claims, demography argument, and the distinction between technological and military power. The displayed audio duration is 44:29.

    Limit: NPR says transcripts may be updated and can vary from the audio. The audio is controlling; this Notebook paraphrases rather than reproducing the interview.

Source · Global Times

First regular Arctic container service China-Europe Arctic Express set to debut this week, ship operator tells GT

Published 11 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Published 11 AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Quotes Sea Legend saying weather was changing the opening August 15 departure and that the final domestic port sequence could change because of typhoon conditions.

    Limit: This is the operator's pre-departure account, not voyage-level evidence that the ship later sailed or arrived.

Source · The New Yorker

The Future Made in China

Published 10 AUG 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 10 AUG 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Provides reported factory scenes and the broader argument that industrial learning and technological power are accumulating together in China.

    Limit: Reported examples, including company figures from a guided factory visit, are not treated as standardized national statistics. Numerical claims are checked elsewhere.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing

Purchasing Managers' Index for July 2026

Published 01 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 01 AUG 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Reports a 49.2 manufacturing PMI, enterprise-size indexes, five headline subindexes, longer historical tables, survey definitions, coverage, and calculation method.

    Limit: PMI is a seasonally adjusted diffusion index relative to the previous month, not an output-growth rate. The live page displays August 1; the August 27 candidate ledger recorded August 3.

Source · CREA and Global Energy Monitor

Built for backup, contracted to run

Published AUG 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Below Half Is Not Gone

    Published AUG 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Controls the 3.4 percent coal-generation change, coal fleet flows, utilization, and 360 TWh modeled curtailment estimate.

    Limit: CREA is an advocacy/research organization and GEM supplies tracker data; curtailment combines reported and modeled values and is not locally substitutable one for one.

Source · Associated Press

Russia provided Iran with information that could help strike US assets

Published AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published AUG 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Reports a US intelligence assessment that Russia supplied information potentially useful to Iranian attacks.

    Limit: The intelligence is not public; officials said it did not show Russia directing Iran's use of the information.

Source · State Council / Xinhua

China's coal-fired power output share falls below 50 pct for first time in H1

Published 30 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Below Half Is Not Gone

    Published 30 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Provides the official English-language share, generation, renewable output, and capacity summary.

    Limit: Repeats official NEA data and does not independently validate the figures or make unlike measures interchangeable.

Source · National Energy Administration

National Energy Administration press conference on first-half 2026 energy conditions

Published 30 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Below Half Is Not Gone

    Published 30 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Controls the official Chinese-language 49.7 percent share, 2.5 trillion kWh coal generation, and 1.95 billion kW wind-and-solar capacity figures.

    Limit: Official measurement and characterization, not independent validation; the hub contains multiple records with distinct definitions.

Source · Hudson Institute · Simplecast

China Insider: Xi’s WAIC Speech; Typhoon Noul; 2026 Fields Medal Recipients

Published 28 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 28 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    The initiating conversation. The public page and RSS establish episode number, date, and 36:58 runtime.

    Limit: No publisher transcript or chapter file was available when reviewed on July 28, 2026. Time ranges reflect the commissioned editorial review and are not presented as verbatim quotations.

Source · Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China

China's Position on the So-called Excess Capacity Issue

Published 28 JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 28 JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Rejects a simple equation among exports, surplus, and excess capacity and emphasizes productivity, innovation, scale, and green demand.

    Limit: Authoritative for the government's position, not independent adjudication of every sector or support measure.

Source · Lloyd's List

Chinese state giants pull VLCCs from Red Sea as safety trumps commercial gains

Published 27 JUL 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 27 JUL 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Provides the chronology of two COSCO-operated VLCC passages on July 23–24 and a reported withdrawal decision on July 27.

    Limit: Specialist reporting may be paywalled and does not make a group-wide policy universal across chartered vessels.

Source · Council on Foreign Relations

Is China's Surplus Really Shrinking?

Published 27 JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 27 JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Decomposes early-2026 customs data and argues that exceptional gold imports and chip prices obscure a rising manufacturing surplus.

    Limit: An author's decomposition, not an official national-accounts revision.

Source · Deutsche Bundesbank

What contribution has diminished price competitiveness made to the recent weakness in German exports?

Published 27 JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 27 JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Estimates price competitiveness and foreign demand contributions to Germany's 2022-25 export-growth gap.

    Limit: Counterfactual panel estimates exclude structural product mix and some sector costs.

Source · Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL)

宁德时代新能源科技股份有限公司 2026年半年度报告

Published 25 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Growth for Whom?

    Published 25 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 NOV 2026

    Targeted primary filing notes distinguish wages/bonuses/allowances from welfare and contributions; they do not provide matched working hours or employee earnings.

    Limit: Targeted inspection: printed p. 110 accounting policy 21 and p. 144 consolidated note 32. The rest of this 182-page filing was not fully reviewed. January–June 2026 accrual/liability movements are not the January–September cash-flow series. Current-period decreases are not established as employee bank receipts; opening/closing balances are not prior-year earnings comparisons. Wages, bonuses, allowances and subsidies remain combined. No matched average staffing, hours, deductions or worker-level distribution is established; no hourly or average salary calculated. Observed on 2026-11-01; No independent replication. Inspection: full-text.

Source · The White House

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Additional Tariffs on Canada

Published 20 JUL 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 20 JUL 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The administration described three Section 338 proclamations imposing 50% duties on covered Canadian imports in response to alleged discrimination involving cars, alcohol, dairy, and other products. USTR described nearly US$20 billion in annual imports, and the effective date was moved to August 22.

    Limit: The action applies regardless of USMCA origin and is not itself an origin determination or proof of Chinese transshipment.

Source · Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

Founding of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization

Published 17 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 17 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    China’s Foreign Ministry reports 29 founding signatories and Shanghai as headquarters; Reuters separately reported the signing.

    Limit: The reviewed sources do not provide the complete agreement, voting rules, funding structure, enforcement arrangements, operating capacity, or governance quality.

Source · Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

Keynote Speech by President Xi Jinping at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference

Published 17 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 17 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Controls the account of Xi’s stated principles and the training, cooperation-center, and MAZU commitments.

    Limit: A speech establishes announced policy and rhetoric, not implementation or outcomes.

Source · International Energy Agency

Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2026

Published 16 JUL 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 16 JUL 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Finds China’s refining shares above 90 percent for gallium, graphite, manganese, and rare earths, and models large downstream exposure to fully implemented controls.

    Limit: The $6.5 trillion figure is a risk scenario, not observed damage. Expanded rare-earth measures were suspended for a year through November 2026.

Source · Xinde Marine News

Sea Legend announces eight 2026 China–Europe Arctic sailings

Published 16 JUL 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Published 16 JUL 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Provides the eight-sailing schedule, named ships, approximate capacities, and promoted route times.

    Limit: The central claims originate with the operator. A published schedule is not voyage-level evidence that every sailing departed or arrived.

Source · Southern Weekly

35岁,遭裁后起诉公司:AI质检主管被AI “替岗”

Published 10 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: restricted

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Convenient for Whom?

    Published 10 JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 NOV 2026

    Southern Weekly follow-up distinguishes reported severance already paid, an ordered compensation remedy and unstable subsequent employment; relevant text inspected in an attributed repost.

    Limit: Publisher title, byline, July 10 date and opening preview inspected; remainder requires login. Full attributed repost inspected at Wenxuecity, whose title differs. July 10 year is supported by the repost and case chronology; no exact origin timestamp is asserted. The report says more than RMB 300,000 in N+1 severance had been paid. This is distinct from the RMB 261,695 compensation ordered; receipt of the latter is not confirmed. No bank receipt or settlement reconciliation inspected; do not add the amounts into a verified total. A short subsequent job and continuing unstable employment are reported in the lawyer-mediated account as of July reporting. The worker declined interview. No employer identity, exact employment dates, wages or hours are given; no November employment status inferred. The similar Hangzhou quality-control dispute is linked by role, proposal, court and lawyer; no case number or full judgment independently inspected. Reposts are not independent corroboration. Observed on 2026-11-01; No independent replication. November 8: attributed Wenxuecity passages reread by direct HTTPS; web retrieval returned 403. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Reuters

Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China’s top AI models

Published 07 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 07 JUL 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Establishes that restrictions were reportedly under consideration and creates a future test of Xi’s openness language.

    Limit: This is sourced reporting about a possible policy, not evidence of enacted restrictions.

Source · World Bank

Rebalancing Growth: China Economic Update

Published 07 JUL 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 07 JUL 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Contrasts high-technology investment, exports, and policy buffers with weaker domestic demand, cautious consumers, and property adjustment; projects 4.4 percent growth for 2026.

    Limit: The growth number is a full-year forecast published before the July indicator releases. The analysis depends on policy, energy, trade, and property assumptions.

Source · USTR and Global Affairs Canada

2026 USMCA Joint Review and automotive report

Published 01 JUL 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 01 JUL 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    USTR says the United States did not renew USMCA in its current form on July 1 but that the agreement remains in force while talks continue. Canada's readout likewise says it remains in force. The autos report separately documents vehicle rules, value-added trends, and the Chinese EV quota.

    Limit: The autos report combines USTR analysis with cited industry estimates and stakeholder positions. Non-renewal at the first review is not immediate termination.

Source · International Monetary Fund

Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves, 2026 Q1

Published 01 JUL 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 01 JUL 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Reports the US dollar at 57.13 percent and the renminbi at 1.99 percent of allocated official foreign-exchange reserves in 2026’s first quarter.

    Limit: Exchange-rate valuation affects quarterly shares, some reserves are unallocated, and reserve composition is only one measure of currency use.

Source · International Monetary Fund

2026 External Sector Report

Published JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published JUL 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Finds wider 2025 current-account imbalances and identifies Chinese and US domestic imbalances among principal drivers.

    Limit: A current account is saving minus investment across the economy, not a bilateral goods balance.

Source · Global Energy Monitor

Global Coal Plant Tracker

Published JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Below Half Is Not Gone

    Published JUL 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Supplies the unit-level coal project status data used in the CREA/GEM report.

    Limit: Project classifications depend on sourced records and periodic updates; proposal, permit, construction, operation, and retirement are distinct states.

Source · Anthropic

Redeploying Fable 5

Published 30 JUN 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 30 JUN 2026 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Company timeline, with July 1 update, of restriction and restoration.

    Limit: Underlying government directive not reviewed; do not infer legal scope solely from company account. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · US Energy Information Administration

UAE's exit from OPEC+ reduced the group's share of crude oil production and capacity

Published 23 JUN 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 23 JUN 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Describes Saudi East–West and UAE Habshan–Fujairah pipeline capacity after the Saudi expansion.

    Limit: Stated capacity and export capacity do not establish available or realized throughput during the crisis.

Source · Coalition for a Prosperous America

Washington's $70 Billion in Lost Protection

Published 22 JUN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 22 JUN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The monitor estimates a $70 billion tariff-collection gap, assigns $66 billion to structural leakage and $4 billion to third-country transshipment, and estimates $724 million for Canada and Mexico combined.

    Limit: This is an advocacy organization's statistical model, not an official customs determination. Its $14 billion exposure screen, $4 billion estimated revenue effect, and $70 billion total gap are different measures and must not be added or assigned to Canada.

Source · United States Census Bureau

National Population by Characteristics: 2020–2025

Published 17 JUN 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 17 JUN 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Reports a July 2025 US population of about 341.8 million and roughly 1.8 million annual growth, including 1.3 million net international migration. This Notebook sums official single-year ages into three comparable display bands.

    Limit: The three displayed age shares are Mainland Dispatch calculations from Census estimates; NBS and Census definitions and reference periods are not identical.

Source · NMPA / China Daily

China updates drug clinical trial guideline to enhance biotech innovation

Published 12 JUN 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Faster Trials, Stronger Evidence?

    Published 12 JUN 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Regulator-hosted news describes revised good clinical practice, data governance and investigator responsibility.

    Limit: Official-hosted news summary, not the full guideline; reports a September 1 effective date. Do not conflate drug trials with biomedical-technology translation. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Reuters

Analysis-China Inc deploys 'quiet' layoffs as Beijing promotes AI adoption

Published 10 JUN 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Convenient for Whom?

    Published 10 JUN 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    Worker interviews about AI adoption, including an attributed dismissal account; inspected in Reuters syndication.

    Limit: Reuters origin was not retrievable. Full attributed Reuters text inspected at Investing.com; syndication is not independent corroboration. Nine interviewed workers are not a representative sample. Ayase reports dismissal in February 2026; employer records and subsequent earnings were not inspected. Department and group staffing comparisons have different denominators; no staffing-reduction percentage is admitted. The account does not independently establish AI causation. Reporting predates the October employment opinion and cannot establish its implementation. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. November 8 refresh: Reuters origin unavailable; relevant Reuters text read in the attributed AOL syndication (https://www.aol.com/articles/analysis-china-inc-deploys-quiet-061610000.html). Same reporting, not corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Federal Reserve Board staff

Mexico in U.S. Supply Chains: Lessons from 2018-19 Tariffs

Published 05 JUN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 05 JUN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The authors estimate direct Chinese transshipment at less than one percentage point of Mexico's US export gains and Chinese-linked production or processing at about 14 percentage points.

    Limit: The study concerns Mexico, not Canada; uses trade, input-output, and FDI data rather than firm ownership or customs files; and describes its estimates as informative bounds.

Source · OECD

China: OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2026 Issue 1

Published JUN 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published JUN 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Projects 4.5 percent growth for 2026 and discusses industrial strength, property adjustment, precautionary saving, policy support, investment composition, and external risks.

    Limit: The forecast precedes the July releases and is conditional on stated assumptions. It is an institutional interpretation, not a July measurement.

Source · US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends in manufacturing output and hours worked, 2007-2026

Published JUN 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published JUN 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Shows that manufacturing output, labor hours, productivity, employment, and GDP share are different measures.

    Limit: Aggregate indexes do not answer every question about physical volume, quality, value added, or regional jobs.

Source · Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

China Shock 2.0: How China's Ongoing Export Surge Differs from the Early 2000s

Published 29 MAY 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 29 MAY 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Documents the higher-base export expansion, record goods surplus, product composition, and changing destinations.

    Limit: Export share, surplus dollars, and surplus as a share of rest-of-world GDP use different denominators.

Source · IMF Finance & Development

Economics for the Real Economy

Published 29 MAY 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 29 MAY 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Argues that conventional models omit tariff-induced relocation and that tariffs are a practical source-targeted tool.

    Limit: The author's policy argument is explicitly not IMF policy.

Source · The Examination

China Tobacco and the world’s deadliest company

Published 02 MAY 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The State’s Tobacco Business

    Published 02 MAY 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Data investigation into tobacco mortality and a state-owned business.

    Limit: More than 57 million estimated deaths over 1990–2023 is modeled cumulative attribution, not annual mortality or individually adjudicated cases. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Inspection: full-text.

Source · The Examination

How we determined the world’s deadliest company

Published 02 MAY 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The State’s Tobacco Business

    Published 02 MAY 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Methods companion explaining mortality estimates using disease burden and market share.

    Limit: Comparative ranking depends on attribution, historical market-share and disease-burden assumptions. Underlying model was not independently rerun. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Preserve company outreach and response status; nonresponse does not prove the model. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Centre for European Reform

China shock 2.0

Published MAY 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published MAY 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Connects weak demand, property, industrial support, import substitution, currency, exports, and German exposure.

    Limit: A strong Germany-focused policy argument, not a settled causal decomposition.

Source · China Youth Daily

公司引入AI技术 员工被降薪、遭解雇,法院判决公司违法!

Published 28 APR 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Convenient for Whom?

    Published 28 APR 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    Original reporting on a Hangzhou court press conference describing a contested reassignment, dismissal and compensation remedy.

    Limit: Full original report inspected; underlying judgment, case number and employer identity were not obtained. April 28 is the press-conference/report date, not an established judgment date. The RMB 25,000 to RMB 15,000 monthly salary change was proposed and refused, not demonstrated as a realized pay reduction. The report describes compensation supported through arbitration and litigation; it does not establish an amount paid, reinstatement, subsequent employment or earnings. Case-specific reported adjudication is not a blanket prohibition on AI-related dismissals and predates the October employment opinion. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Global military spending rise continues as European and Asian expenditures surge

Published 27 APR 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 27 APR 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Estimates 2025 military expenditure at $954 billion for the United States and $336 billion for China, respectively 33 and 12 percent of the world total.

    Limit: China’s value is estimated. Spending is not a direct measure of readiness, alliance capacity, force location, or combat effectiveness.

Source · UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN experts

Joint communication on Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan

Published 20 APR 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Published 20 APR 2026 · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    The experts raised pre-verdict concerns about the clarity of unlawful means, prolonged pretrial detention, defense preparation, and the law's effects on expression, assembly, association, legality, and proportionality.

    Limit: The communication predates the verdict, reports allegations, and notes a government reply. The host page says it is not managed by OHCHR, while linking the full official communication and response records.

Source · International Monetary Fund

Global Imbalances: Old Questions, New Answers?

Published 06 APR 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 06 APR 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Finds modest and uncertain aggregate current-account effects from tariffs relative to saving, investment, fiscal, and consumption policies.

    Limit: The macro finding does not deny sector-specific tariff effects.

Source · JAMA

Geographic Shifts in Early-Stage Biopharmaceutical Innovation

Published 26 MAR 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 26 MAR 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Finds China’s share of global early-stage biopharma programs rose from 8.0 percent in 2015 to 32.3 percent in 2024, near the US share of 37.4 percent.

    Limit: Uses proprietary Cortellis data, attributes origin by company headquarters, covers discovery through phase 2, and does not evaluate program quality or approval.

Source · Government of Canada and Canada China Business Council

Canada-China merchandise trade in 2025

Published 04 MAR 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 04 MAR 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The sources put 2025 two-way merchandise trade near C$124 billion to C$125 billion. The institutional report gives 4.9% total growth and 13.8% Canadian-export growth; a later federal page gives 5.2% and 14.7%.

    Limit: The differing totals reflect dataset, basis, timing, or revision choices. These figures document scale and growth, not causation, intent, origin fraud, or the direction of any specific shipment.

Source · US Energy Information Administration

World Oil Transit Chokepoints

Published 03 MAR 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 03 MAR 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Supplies the 20.9-million-b/d first-half 2025 Hormuz baseline, global share, and LNG exposure.

    Limit: Aggregate route estimates do not identify vessel tracks or establish complete closure on a given day.

Source · Brookings Institution

Brookings analyses of tariff circumvention through North America

Published MAR 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published MAR 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The 2025 analysis says evidence of circumvention was mainly through Mexico, with some evidence through Canada, while its high-level and product sections found little or no direct Canada transshipment in several categories. The later report says 2025 data showed little sign of redirection to Canada or Mexico and records a 3.2% rise in China's exports to Canada against 5.5% overall export growth.

    Limit: The analyses use aggregate and product-level trade patterns rather than customs adjudications. They can constrain an economy-wide narrative but cannot disprove a hidden shipment, firm, or product corridor.

Source · National Bureau of Statistics of China

Statistical Communiqué of the People’s Republic of China on the 2025 National Economic and Social Development

Published 28 FEB 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 28 FEB 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Reports a 2025 population of 1.40489 billion, a 3.39 million annual decline, 7.92 million births, 11.31 million deaths, and official age-band shares.

    Limit: This is an official PRC statistical release under national definitions. Its series interests and coverage should not be assumed identical to Census measures.

Source · ChinaPower · Center for Strategic and International Studies

Chinese PLA Military Purges

Published 20 FEB 2026 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Xi Jinping Wants

    Published 20 FEB 2026 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

    Documents 101 senior officers purged or potentially purged since 2022 and separates the observable count from competing explanations.

    Limit: The database includes officers assessed as potentially purged and cannot by itself establish motive.

Source · International Monetary Fund

People's Republic of China: 2025 Article IV Consultation

Published 18 FEB 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 18 FEB 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Assesses property adjustment, weak demand, exchange rates, exports, excess supply in some sectors, and social-policy reform.

    Limit: IMF staff and Board assessment includes a Chinese Executive Director statement and areas of disagreement.

Source · CREA and Global Energy Monitor

Built to peak? Coal power expansion runs out of room in China

Published FEB 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Below Half Is Not Gone

    Published FEB 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Provides prior-year context for the coal construction pipeline and commissioning surge.

    Limit: Proposals are not operating capacity, gross commissioning is not net fleet growth, and neither proves future utilization.

Source · International Energy Agency

The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint

Published FEB 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published FEB 2026 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Reports 19.87 million b/d through Hormuz in 2025, Asia's exposure, LNG share, and estimated available bypass capacity.

    Limit: Available alternative capacity is not the same measure as pipeline nameplate or stated export capacity.

Source · International Monetary Fund

People's Republic of China: 2025 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report

Published 28 JAN 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 28 JAN 2026 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Analyzes property adjustment, domestic demand, disinflation, household wealth, saving, local-government finance, trade, and rebalancing with country and provincial evidence.

    Limit: The report uses an earlier data cutoff, institutional judgments, and model-based estimates. It supplies mechanisms and context, not a direct reading of July 2026.

Source · State Council website / Xinhua

China revises drug administration regulations to spur innovation, tighten oversight

Published 27 JAN 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: abstract · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Faster Trials, Stronger Evidence?

    Published 27 JAN 2026 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Official news describes revised drug-administration implementing regulations and accelerated review pathways.

    Limit: Summary rather than complete legal instrument; reported May 15 commencement is distinct from the biomedical regulation’s May 1 date. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: abstract.

Source · Associated Press

Trump threatens Canada with tariffs over the China arrangement

Published 24 JAN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 24 JAN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    AP reported the president's threat of a 100% tariff and his warning that Canada could become a route for Chinese goods after the January Canada-China arrangement.

    Limit: This establishes a public political warning reported from a social-media post. It is not a customs finding, implemented tariff action, or verified account of Canadian origin practices.

Source · Reuters

As U.S. orders fade, Chinese salespeople face tough grind in new markets

Published 20 JAN 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Growth for Whom?

    Published 20 JAN 2026 · Record checked 28 OCT 2026

    Reuters interviews with export salespeople; the Cici Lv account connects a small order to a small commission. Read through the attributed MarketScreener syndication.

    Limit: Reuters origin page could not be retrieved. Full attributed Reuters text was inspected at its MarketScreener syndication: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/as-u-s-orders-fade-chinese-salespeople-face-tough-grind-in-new-markets-ce7e58dcdb8cf22d January 20 is the Reuters dateline. MarketScreener displays publication January 19 at 21:31 EST and modification January 20 at 10:07 EST. These are source-displayed dates, not retrieval receipts. The report interviews 14 salespeople about the preceding export cycle. Cici Lv describes one order and its commission; this is not monthly pay, a representative earnings estimate or a January–September 2026 outcome. No payroll, commission agreement or independent interview was inspected. Syndication is a copy of the same reporting, not independent corroboration. Observed on 2026-10-28. No independent replication. November 8: relevant MarketScreener passages reread; Reuters origin returned 401. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Prime Minister of Canada

Canada-China electric-vehicle quota and tariff arrangement

Published 16 JAN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 16 JAN 2026 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The January release calls the relationship a new strategic partnership and says Canada would allow up to 49,000 China-origin EVs in the first year at the 6.1% MFN rate. The March record says China suspended tariffs on canola meal, peas, lobster, and crab and reduced the combined canola-seed rate to 14.9% from almost 85%.

    Limit: Canadian admission does not confer Canadian origin for US customs purposes and is not evidence that any covered vehicle was later transshipped.

Source · Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America

Published 13 JAN 2026 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Xi Jinping Wants

    Published 13 JAN 2026 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

    Records Rudd’s 2023–2026 ambassadorship and work on AUKUS, critical minerals, and technology cooperation.

    Limit: An official account of service and achievements, not an independent evaluation.

Source · Bureau of Industry and Security

Department of Commerce Revises License Review Policy for Semiconductors Exported to China

Published 13 JAN 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 13 JAN 2026 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    BIS announced conditional, case-by-case H200 and comparable chip license review.

    Limit: January announcement, not a determination that any particular shipment complied; not a complete account of current export law.

Source · Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

2026 AI Index Report

Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Reports a 2.7 percent aggregate gap between leading US and Chinese models in March 2026 and $285.9 billion versus $12.4 billion in measured 2025 private AI investment.

    Limit: Composite benchmark results vary by task. The private-investment series understates Chinese public guidance capital and is not total national financing.

Source · Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

2026 AI Index Report

Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Supports the 2.7% March 2026 estimate for the leading US–China model-performance gap.

    Limit: A composite benchmark gap does not establish equal performance, cost, safety, or reliability on every task.

Source · Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

2026 AI Index Report

Published 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Supplies selected benchmark and private-investment indicators for an AI competition scenario.

    Limit: A benchmark and private-investment measure do not establish ecosystem parity or a labor shock.

Source · International Energy Agency

Energy Technology Perspectives 2026: Supply-chain risks and industrial competitiveness

Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Places about 85 percent of solar-PV supply-chain production capacity and 80 percent of lithium-ion battery capacity in China, with still higher shares at selected stages.

    Limit: Capacity is not actual production, utilization, installed generation, profitability, or control of every upstream technology.

Source · International Mathematical Union

Fields Medals 2026

Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Controls the award citations and supports the precise nationality framing.

    Limit: The award record does not by itself explain the institutional causes of either mathematician’s work.

Source · International Monetary Fund

Germany: 2025 Article IV Consultation

Published 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 2026 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Decomposes Germany's China trade deterioration across Chinese demand and productivity, property, energy, exchange rates, products, and localization.

    Limit: The IMF found limited 2025 evidence of a large US-tariff diversion surge into Germany.

Source · International Energy Agency

Global Energy Review 2026 - Coal

Published 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Below Half Is Not Gone

    Published 2026 · Record checked 01 SEP 2026

    Reports that China coal-fired generation fell about 1.5 percent in 2025 while almost 80 GW of coal capacity was commissioned.

    Limit: Annual 2025 context, not an H1 2026 measurement and not interchangeable with the CREA/GEM first-half change.

Source · International Energy Agency

Global EV Outlook 2026: Manufacturing and trade

Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Reports nearly 22 million electric cars produced in 2025, with China making nearly three quarters and more than four fifths of battery cells.

    Limit: Production, capacity, sales, trade, ownership, and deployment are distinct measures and are kept separate.

Source · University of Chicago · NYU · IHES

Hong Wang and Yu Deng: research careers across institutions

Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Documents the institutions in which the mathematicians’ research and careers developed outside China.

    Limit: Institutional biographies identify affiliations and milestones; they do not allocate causal credit among countries or universities.

Source · Peking University

Peking University alumni awarded 2026 Fields Medals

Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 2026 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Documents the mathematicians’ connections to Peking University and their early educational paths.

    Limit: An alumni account naturally emphasizes the university’s contribution and is read alongside international institutional records.

Source · National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics · National Science Board

The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2026

Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 2026 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Estimates China at $1.028 trillion and the US at $1.009 trillion in PPP-comparable 2024 R&D, and documents China’s publication-volume lead alongside continuing US citation and collaboration advantages.

    Limit: The 2024 R&D estimates are preliminary and revisable. Quantity, impact, collaboration, and field mix are separate dimensions.

Source · Bank for International Settlements

Housing wealth effects in China

Published 17 DEC 2025 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: July Is Not One Number

    Published 17 DEC 2025 · Record checked 29 AUG 2026

    Uses household Alipay transactions and survey information to estimate heterogeneous relationships between house prices and consumption across larger and smaller Chinese cities and demographic groups.

    Limit: The transaction data run from 2017 to early 2023, estimates vary by city tier and group, and the authors' views do not necessarily represent the BIS. It is not a July 2026 estimate.

Source · Reuters

How China built its “Manhattan Project” to rival the West in AI chips

Published 17 DEC 2025 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Builds the Chip?

    Published 17 DEC 2025 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Reuters investigation reviewed through an accessible syndication; original publisher identity preserved.

    Limit: Original Reuters page inaccessible in this research. Report says a prototype generated EUV light but had not made working chips; check developments after December 2025. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Anonymous sourcing requires explicit attribution. November 8: origin returned 401; Investing.com text reread using web retrieval. Inspection: metadata.

Source · Investing.com / Reuters

Reuters EUV investigation — Investing.com syndication

Published 17 DEC 2025 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Builds the Chip?

    Published 17 DEC 2025 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Accessible syndicated version used to inspect the Reuters investigation.

    Limit: Syndication is the same reporting, not a second independent source. Exact byte identity with the inaccessible Reuters original was not verified. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Site displayed an update time of 23:12; timezone and exact modification timestamp were not retained, so modified date remains unknown. Inspection: full-text.

Source · Bellona Environmental Transparency Center

The Shadow Fleet sets sail to the Arctic

Published 15 DEC 2025 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Published 15 DEC 2025 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Identifies 100 sanctioned or shadow vessels operating on the NSR in 2025, compared with 13 in its 2024 analysis.

    Limit: Bellona is an advocacy organization using an open-source methodology; sanctions date, ownership, and voyage evidence require vessel-level review.

Source · United Nations Industrial Development Organization

International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2025

Published 20 NOV 2025 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 20 NOV 2025 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Estimates China at 32.0 percent and the United States at 15.0 percent of global manufacturing value added in 2024; China was 2.8 percent in 1990.

    Limit: Value added is a modeled economic series and does not by itself measure physical output, ownership, resilience, productivity, or technology content.

Source · BleepingComputer

Anthropic claims of Claude AI automated cyberattacks met with doubt

Published 14 NOV 2025 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 14 NOV 2025 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Records contemporary criticism of the November disclosure.

    Limit: Secondary reporting about earlier criticism; not an evaluation of September 2026. November 8 refresh returned HTTP 403; retained as a historical lead, not support for specific criticism. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · Anthropic

Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign

Published 13 NOV 2025 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Controls the Model?

    Published 13 NOV 2025 · Record checked 15 SEP 2026

    Earlier GTG-1002 disclosure, distinct from September cases.

    Limit: Provider attribution and autonomy estimates, not independently established outcomes. Publication review: November 8, 2026.

Source · US Department of the Treasury

Treasury targets Iran's missile and UAV procurement networks

Published 12 NOV 2025 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Published 12 NOV 2025 · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Names 32 people and entities and details procurement of hundreds of metric tonnes of specified propellant ingredients from China for PCI.

    Limit: A US sanctions designation is an executive-branch finding, not a judicial verdict or proof of top-level PRC direction.

Source · State Council / Ministry of Ecology and Environment republication

生物医学新技术临床研究和临床转化应用管理条例(国务院令第818号)

Published 11 OCT 2025 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Faster Trials, Stronger Evidence?

    Published 11 OCT 2025 · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Original regulation distinguishes clinical research from clinical translation and sets participant-protection requirements.

    Limit: Published before the requested year window; retained as governing background. Decree dated September 28, 2025; effective May 1, 2026. Rules do not demonstrate compliance at particular hospitals. Observed 2026-10-23. Inspection is not independent corroboration. Inspection: full-text.

Source · International Federation of Robotics

World Robotics 2025

Published 25 SEP 2025 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 25 SEP 2025 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Reports China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024, 54 percent of the global total, and operated more than two million; the US installed 34,200 and operated about 393,700.

    Limit: Installation counts do not measure utilization, productivity, robot quality, or output per worker.

Source · Department of Finance Canada

Canada's steel and aluminum tariff measures

Published 31 JUL 2025 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 31 JUL 2025 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    Canada's current summary records 25% surtaxes on listed Chinese steel and aluminum from October 2024 and, from July 31, 2025, on selected non-US imports containing steel melted and poured or aluminum smelted and cast in China.

    Limit: The measures include product scope, ordering, and exemptions. They show that Canada adopted China-linked origin controls; they do not establish compliance in every entry or the later durability of the policy.

Source · NVIDIA

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Promotes AI in Washington, DC and China

Published 14 JUL 2025 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 14 JUL 2025 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Nvidia described Huang’s Washington and Beijing meetings and its application for renewed H20 licenses.

    Limit: Company advocacy. Assurances about licenses and hoped-for deliveries are distinct from completed sales.

Source · Xinhua / Beijing Municipal People’s Congress

He Lifeng meets Jensen Huang in Beijing

Published 17 APR 2025 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 17 APR 2025 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Chinese official readout records an April 17 meeting and attributes a commitment to the China market to Huang.

    Limit: Read in Chinese; English paraphrase by Mainland Dispatch. Government account, not a transcript or an independent assessment of intent.

Source · Hudson Institute

Miles Yu's earlier Canada-and-Mexico transshipment framing

Published 19 FEB 2025 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 19 FEB 2025 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The automatically generated transcripts show Yu arguing in February and March 2025 that China could exploit tariff differences and USMCA access through Canada and Mexico.

    Limit: The pages are dated 2025, not 2026, and both warn that their transcripts are automatically generated and lightly edited. They establish continuity in Yu's published analysis, not exact wording in episode 195.

Source · ChinaTalk

DeepSeek: The Quiet Giant Leading China’s AI Race

Published 27 NOV 2024 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Liang Wenfeng described DeepSeek's playbook before the shock

    Published 27 NOV 2024 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

    ChinaTalk's annotated translation of a 2024 interview records DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng discussing architectural efficiency, open releases, recruiting, price competition, and the lab's focus on foundational research.

    Limit: Annotated translation of a 36Kr/Waves interview. Preserve the original interview date and distinguish Liang's account from translator notes.

Source · China Books Review

Is Xi Jinping a Marxist?

Published 17 OCT 2024 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Xi Jinping Wants

    Published 17 OCT 2024 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

    Blanchette compares Rudd’s Marxism-centered account with Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung’s emphasis on Leninist organization, regime security, and Party-centered nationalism. A separate FISC review directly questions how Rudd infers belief from public rhetoric.

    Limit: The FISC essay is an explicit critique, not a neutral adjudication between the competing models.

Source · Government of Canada

Canada-China tariff measures and reciprocal market access

Published 26 AUG 2024 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Published 26 AUG 2024 · Record checked 30 AUG 2026

    The records establish Canada's 2024 EV and metals surtaxes, China's March 2025 retaliatory tariffs on selected Canadian exports, and the March 2026 implementation of reciprocal market-access changes.

    Limit: The sequence documents policy pressure and concessions. It does not independently prove Beijing's political intent, Canada's motive, or any later US customs violation.

Source · Meta AI

Introducing Llama 3.1: Our Most Capable Models to Date

Published 23 JUL 2024 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Llama 3.1 made Meta's open-model strategy explicit

    Published 23 JUL 2024 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

    Meta released the 405-billion-parameter Llama 3.1 model in July 2024 alongside a broader ecosystem pitch covering clouds, inference providers, distillation, safety tools, and a proposed Llama Stack interface.

    Limit: Primary artifact for the 405B release, license change, ecosystem partners, and Meta's disclosed evaluation claims.

Source · Oxford University Press / University of Oxford

On Xi Jinping: How Xi’s Marxist Nationalism Is Shaping China and the World

Published 2024 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Xi Jinping Wants

    Published 2024 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

    The book develops the interview’s thesis from Rudd’s 2022 Oxford dissertation and provides the longer textual case for “Marxist nationalism.”

    Limit: An extended interpretive argument by the interview guest, not independent corroboration of his thesis.

Source · Annual Review of Economics

Lessons from US-China Trade Relations

Published SEP 2023 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published SEP 2023 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Reviews aggregate gains, winners and losers, manufacturing-employment attribution, and trade-war welfare and employment findings.

    Limit: Later policy and technology conditions differ from the reviewed episodes.

Source · Meta AI

Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama

Published 18 JUL 2023 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Llama 2 established the American open-weight precedent

    Published 18 JUL 2023 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

    Meta's July 2023 announcement made Llama 2 weights and starting code available for research and most commercial uses through a custom community license.

    Limit: Controlling release announcement. Review the license separately before repeating Meta's open-source terminology.

Source · Cyberspace Administration of China

Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services

Published 13 JUL 2023 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Published 13 JUL 2023 · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Supports the description of binding political-content obligations for public generative-AI services in China.

    Limit: The inquiry does not generalize these service rules to every research model, private deployment, or overseas use.

Source · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Caught in the crossfire: Fears of Chinese-American scientists

Published 27 JUN 2023 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 27 JUN 2023 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Finds nearly 20,000 scientists of Chinese descent left the United States for all destinations between 2010 and 2021, with departures rising sharply and China becoming a more common destination.

    Limit: Bibliometric affiliation changes are not perfect measures of citizenship, motivation, or permanent migration; the study does not say all 20,000 moved to China.

Source · United States International Trade Commission

Economic Impact of Section 232 and 301 Tariffs on U.S. Industries

Published 15 MAR 2023 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published 15 MAR 2023 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Finds lower affected imports, higher affected US production, higher prices, and tariff costs borne primarily by importers in 2018-21.

    Limit: Directly affected sectors only, not a complete welfare or current-account assessment.

Source · Bureau of Industry and Security

BIS public information on advanced-computing export controls

Published 28 OCT 2022 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 28 OCT 2022 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Official index distinguishes the October 2022 controls and the October 2023 updates.

    Limit: Updated landing page contains several dates. Rule announcement, publication and effective dates must not be collapsed.

Source · The State Council of the People’s Republic of China

Full text of the report to the 20th National Congress

Published 25 OCT 2022 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Xi Jinping Wants

    Published 25 OCT 2022 · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

    Links complete reunification to national rejuvenation while stopping short of announcing a 2049 invasion or unification deadline.

    Limit: The official text establishes a stated political objective, not a timetable or evidence that reunification has been completed.

Source · US Department of Commerce

Statement on the Signing of the CHIPS and Science Act

Published 09 AUG 2022 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 09 AUG 2022 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Records the signing and stated industrial, research, workforce, and national-security purposes of the CHIPS and Science Act.

    Limit: Signing establishes authority and intent. Awards, construction, workforce development, and output require separate implementation evidence.

Source · Rest of World

The Dream Is Over for China’s Tech Workers

Published 12 JUL 2022 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The dream is over for China’s tech workers

    Published 12 JUL 2022 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

    Interviews with laid-off employees and recruiters document the collision of the internet-sector slowdown, regulatory change, zero-COVID disruption, and disillusionment with 996 work culture.

    Limit: Worker-centered period account; already queued as d-030.

Source · World Bank and Development Research Center of China’s State Council

Four Decades of Poverty Reduction in China

Published 2022 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 2022 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Provides a documented retrospective on reform and opening from 1978 and the iterative institutional changes behind China’s economic transformation.

    Limit: A retrospective co-produced with a Chinese state research body has an institutional perspective and does not attribute every outcome to one reform.

Source · Rest of World

She Drew Millions of TikTok Followers by Selling a Fantasy of Rural China

Published 01 NOV 2021 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits

Source · Rest of World

Alpacas and rural creators on Douyin

Published 11 MAY 2021 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits

Source · ChinaFile

Could Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy in China Be Poised for a Breakthrough?

Published 17 SEP 2020 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits

Source · Sixth Tone

Chinese Basketball Fans and Everyday Fandom

Published 04 MAY 2019 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The hermit culture living on in China’s misty mountains

    Published 04 MAY 2019 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

    A reported visit to Taoist and Buddhist recluses in the Zhongnan Mountains, where urban disillusionment, revived religious life, environmental enforcement, and unsafe informal housing converge.

    Limit: Reviewed culture reporting with a bounded participant sample.

Source · Made in China Journal

Robot Threat or Robot Dividend? A Struggle between Two Lines

Published 07 JUL 2018 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Robot threat or robot dividend?

    Published 07 JUL 2018 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

    Fieldwork from the Pearl River Delta examines competing claims that industrial automation either displaces workers or creates better jobs, with attention to bargaining power and vocational training.

    Limit: Fieldwork-led labor perspective; already queued as d-025.

Source · Office of the United States Trade Representative

USTR Issues Tariffs on Chinese Products in Response to Unfair Trade Practices

Published 15 JUN 2018 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 15 JUN 2018 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Documents the US tariff decision following the Section 301 technology-transfer and intellectual-property investigation.

    Limit: This is the US government’s legal and policy framing; it is not an independent adjudication of every allegation or tariff effect.

Source · NVIDIA

NVIDIA, Baidu Announce Partnership to Accelerate AI

Published 05 JUL 2017 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Published 05 JUL 2017 · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Baidu partnership covered cloud, autonomous driving, PaddlePaddle and consumer assistants.

    Limit: Announcement establishes the companies’ stated plans, not measured delivery or downstream use.

Source · Sixth Tone

Amateur Programmers and Gaokao Games

Published 18 JUN 2017 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits

Source · ChinaFile

Chinese Is Not a Backward Language

Published 12 MAY 2016 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Chinese is not a backward language

    Published 12 MAY 2016 · Record checked 21 JUL 2026

    Thomas Mullaney traces claims that Chinese writing is technologically unfit for modern life back to older orientalist hierarchies of language and civilization.

    Limit: Historical argument about technological fitness and orientalism; already queued as d-022.

Source · National Bureau of Economic Research

The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade

Published JAN 2016 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Who Absorbs the Shock?

    Published JAN 2016 · Record checked 26 AUG 2026

    Documents slow, concentrated local adjustment, wages, participation, unemployment, job churn, and lifetime-income effects.

    Limit: Historical US evidence does not mechanically forecast today's sectors or countries.

Source · State Council of the People’s Republic of China

Made in China 2025

Published 08 MAY 2015 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 08 MAY 2015 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Records the national plan to upgrade advanced manufacturing, innovation, quality, digital integration, and green production.

    Limit: A policy plan establishes aims and mechanisms, not independent evidence of delivery or sole causation.

Source · ChinaFile

The Most Popular Chinese Web Searches of 2012

Published 24 DEC 2012 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What China searched for in 2012

    Published 24 DEC 2012 · Record checked 22 JUL 2026

    A period snapshot of Baidu trends ranging from the Bo Xilai scandal and food-safety rumors to restaurant logos, viral television moments, and the rise of diaosi self-mockery.

    Limit: Reviewed historical backfile source with period-specific ranking limits.

Source · World Trade Organization

China and the WTO

Published 11 DEC 2001 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 11 DEC 2001 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Establishes China’s December 11, 2001 WTO membership and links the accession documentation.

    Limit: Membership is a historical hinge, not a complete causal account of China’s manufacturing expansion or later trade conflict.

Source · Office of the Historian, US Department of State

Address to the Nation Announcing United States Recognition of the People’s Republic of China

Published 15 DEC 1978 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 15 DEC 1978 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Records the US announcement that formal diplomatic relations with the PRC would begin January 1, 1979.

    Limit: A US primary record establishes the American position and timing, not the entire bilateral history.

Source · United Nations

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758

Published 25 OCT 1971 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Published 25 OCT 1971 · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Establishes the 1971 decision on China’s representation at the United Nations.

    Limit: The text is used only for the institutional representation decision, not to resolve later legal or political disputes about Taiwan.

Source · Hong Kong Department of Justice

Annotations of the Hong Kong National Security Law

Publication date not stated · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Gets Through?

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    The page reproduces the English reference text: Article 22 covers force, threat of force, or other unlawful means used for listed subversion acts; Article 23 criminalizes inciting, assisting, or abetting Article 22 conduct and sets penalty bands.

    Limit: The authentic statutory text is Chinese, the English is for reference, and the Department says its annotations are not legal advice or a complete statement of current law.

Source · International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

China Capital investigation hub

Publication date not stated · Record checked 23 OCT 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: When the Bank Carries the State

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 23 OCT 2026

    Rolling index of China Capital investigations and follow-ups.

    Limit: Rolling hub has no single publication date assigned in this packet. Check dated stories and corrections individually. Observed on 2026-10-23. Catalog inclusion is not independent verification. Inspection: metadata.

Source · National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Family Line, Party Line

Publication date not stated · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Xi Jinping Wants

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

    Torigian’s “idealistic pragmatist” description complicates a simple causal story from Xi’s family suffering to ideological rigidity.

    Limit: Biographical interpretation can complicate a causal account, but it does not prove an exclusive explanation for Xi's later choices.

Source · Council on Foreign Relations

How China Is Quietly Winning the Iran War Energy Crisis

Publication date not stated · Record checked 18 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Routing Around Risk

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 18 AUG 2026

    Develops the swing-consumer thesis and an oil-price counterfactual around China's import flexibility.

    Limit: The price effect is an analytical counterfactual, not a directly observed component of the benchmark price.

Source · Computer History Museum

Jensen Huang: 2024 Fellow

Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Taiwan-born engineer, US upbringing, Nvidia founding in 1993 and CUDA in 2006.

    Limit: Institutional biography; not a record of political allegiance or a complete travel history.

Source · Centre for High North Logistics

Main results of NSR transit navigation in 2025

Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Distinguishes transit cargo, voyage count, container-ship transits, direction, and commodity mix.

    Limit: CHNL notes differences between its estimates and Rosatom's figures; both depend on public vessel and cargo records.

Source · Hudson Institute

Miles Yu biography and Hudson China Center

Publication date not stated · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Establishes Yu’s policy background and the center’s stated mission of developing American responses to the China challenge.

    Limit: Organizational self-description supplies perspective, not independent validation of the episode’s claims.

Source · Natural Earth

Natural Earth 1:110m land

Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: underlying-data · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Public-domain land outlines provide geographic orientation only.

    Limit: Simplified land geometry, rounded to two decimal places; no borders, facilities, shipments or territorial conclusions. City coordinates are approximate editorial locators.

Source · Xinhua

Noul response reporting and pre-landfall disaster-content enforcement

Publication date not stated · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Open Models, Closed System?

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 28 JUL 2026

    Shows that authorities published response information and that the reviewed enforcement cases predated Noul’s landfall.

    Limit: State-media publication does not prove complete or independent reporting; the enforcement allegations were not independently adjudicated here.

Source · NVIDIA / SEC EDGAR

NVIDIA FY2025 Form 10-K

Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Geographic revenue by customer billing location for fiscal years 2023–2025.

    Limit: Note 17, geographic revenue: USD millions. Billing address differs from shipping destination and ultimate user. This is the older basis, not a current geographic series.

Source · NVIDIA / SEC EDGAR

NVIDIA FY2026 Form 10-K

Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Fiscal years 2024–2026 geography uses customer headquarters, with earlier periods recast.

    Limit: Note 17, geographic revenue: USD millions. Changed in Q3 FY2026; headquarters is not end-use geography. Annual series, not a November 2026 run rate.

Source · NVIDIA

NVIDIA Q1 FY2026 Form 10-Q

Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Company reported a $4.5 billion inventory and purchase-obligation charge after the April 9 H20 licensing requirement.

    Limit: Relevant indexed filing passage reviewed; not a complete PDF audit. Charge is an expense, not revenue, cash paid or a measure of total lost sales.

Source · Office of the United States Trade Representative

Rules of Origin and the USMCA text

Publication date not stated · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    USTR states that rules of origin determine whether a good qualifies for preferential FTA treatment. USMCA Chapters 4 and 5 provide origin and origin-procedure rules, with product-specific requirements in the annexes.

    Limit: This Notebook does not perform a vehicle-specific regional-value-content calculation or decide an entry without a shipment and production record.

Source · International Maritime Organization

Shipping in polar waters

Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Explains MARPOL regulation 43A, its July 2024 start, ship-design provisions, exceptions, and coastal-state waivers through 2029.

    Limit: The rule page does not quantify route-wide HFO consumption or model spill consequences.

Source · TOP500

Tianhe-1A: National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin

Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: full-text · Access: open-access

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    The 2010 system combined Intel processors with 7,168 Nvidia Tesla accelerators.

    Limit: A historical benchmark and installed-system description; not evidence of a current shipment or unlawful transaction.

Source · Central Intelligence Agency

Trainor Award Ceremony Transcript

Publication date not stated · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: What Xi Jinping Wants

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 23 JUL 2026

    The primary public record for Burns’s statement that a 2027 readiness instruction is not evidence of a decision to invade.

    Limit: A public statement by the U.S. intelligence chief; the underlying intelligence is not disclosed.

Source · Office of the United States Trade Representative

USMCA Chapter 32: Exceptions and General Provisions

Publication date not stated · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Where Does Origin Change?

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 25 AUG 2026

    Article 32.10 requires notice and review around a party's free-trade agreement with a non-market country and permits the other parties to terminate USMCA on six months' notice after such an agreement enters.

    Limit: It is not Article '3.2.10,' and it is not the product-specific origin rule for a particular EV or component.

Source · Bellona Environmental Transparency Center

Vessels on the Northern Sea Route

Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Counts 1,312 permits for 975 vessels in 2024, including 100 non-Russian-flagged vessels and a substantial non-ice-class subset.

    Limit: Permit issuance does not prove a completed voyage; this 100-vessel category is not Bellona's later shadow-fleet count.

Source · Lex Fridman / YouTube

Visiting Taiwan with Jensen Huang — Lex Fridman

Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026 · Inspection: metadata · Access: unknown

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Price of Access

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 08 NOV 2026

    Supplied HN item 50082772 resolves to a Taiwan visit video.

    Limit: Video and transcript not reviewed. HN submission date is not a filming or publication date. No quotations, historical claims or travel dates are inferred from the title.

Source · National Snow and Ice Data Center

When is the Northeast Passage open for ship traffic?

Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: The Arctic Is Not a Shortcut

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 20 AUG 2026

    Explains the broad July–October passage window, mid-September optimum, and persistent local ice risk.

    Limit: Climatological guidance does not certify conditions for a particular vessel or voyage.

Source · World Bank

World Development Indicators: China and United States

Publication date not stated · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

Used in 1 publication: context and limits
  • Read in context: Dominance Is a Dashboard, Not a Crown

    Publication date not stated · Record checked 14 AUG 2026

    Reports 2025 nominal GDP of approximately $19.5 trillion for China and $30.8 trillion for the United States, with respective growth rates of 5.0 and 2.2 percent.

    Limit: Current-dollar GDP moves with exchange rates and is not interchangeable with the PPP-adjusted R&D series.

Dispatches (13)

ChinaTalk ↗

Liang Wenfeng described DeepSeek's playbook before the shock

ChinaTalk's annotated translation of a 2024 interview records DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng discussing architectural efficiency, open releases, recruiting, price competition, and the lab's focus on foundational research.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The interview is unusually informative because it is contemporaneous and first-person, but it remains a founder explaining his own company. Claims about costs, motives, technical gaps, and long-term strategy require comparison with papers, releases, hiring, and business behavior.

Why it matters: It replaces retrospective mythology with a dated record of how one Chinese lab understood its constraints and ambitions before R1 became a global market event.

deepseek · liang-wenfeng · translation · open-weights · China

Meta AI ↗

Llama 3.1 made Meta's open-model strategy explicit

Meta released the 405-billion-parameter Llama 3.1 model in July 2024 alongside a broader ecosystem pitch covering clouds, inference providers, distillation, safety tools, and a proposed Llama Stack interface.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The release is both a technical artifact and interested platform strategy. Meta's capability, cost, and safety comparisons are first-party claims; its partner list and license changes are records that can be checked directly.

Why it matters: The strongest comparison with China's model ecosystem is not open versus closed by nationality, but how durable each firm's incentives are to keep weights, tools, and derivative rights available.

llama-3-1 · open-weights · platform-strategy · United States

Meta AI ↗

Llama 2 established the American open-weight precedent

Meta's July 2023 announcement made Llama 2 weights and starting code available for research and most commercial uses through a custom community license.

  • Reported
Editorial note

Meta repeatedly called the release open source, but the license included use restrictions and a large-platform condition. The historically accurate description is an unusually broad open-weight release, not an unqualified open-source baseline.

Why it matters: Chinese labs did not invent open-weight distribution. Llama 2 shows that a major American platform company pursued the same ecosystem strategy before the present US–China framing hardened.

llama-2 · open-weights · model-licenses · United States

The dream is over for China’s tech workers

Interviews with laid-off employees and recruiters document the collision of the internet-sector slowdown, regulatory change, zero-COVID disruption, and disillusionment with 996 work culture.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The article is a period account, not a permanent verdict on Chinese technology. Its lasting value is the workers' shift in imagination: from private-sector prestige and upside toward stability, civil-service exams, and relief at leaving punishing jobs.

Why it matters: Industry cycles change social aspirations as well as balance sheets; the meaning of a desirable career can reverse within a generation.

996 · labor · tech-workers · layoffs · China · Shanghai · Shenzhen

Li Ziqi’s rural fantasy and the platform economy behind it

A 2021 essay follows the global appeal of Li Ziqi's pastoral videos into rural-revitalization policy, influencer management, e-commerce, labor, and a dispute over control of her brand.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The strongest tension is not authenticity versus fakery. The fantasy is culturally meaningful and commercially engineered at the same time, with countryside imagery circulating through urban capital and global platforms.

Why it matters: A culture story can also be an infrastructure story about who owns a creator's audience, labor, products, and political legibility.

li-ziqi · rural-life · creator-economy · platforms · Sichuan · China

When Douyin’s wildlife rules met China’s alpaca influencers

Alpaca owners described livestream blocks that appeared to classify their pets as protected wildlife, exposing the uncertain boundary between safety policy, automated moderation, and creator income.

  • Reported
Editorial note

This sounds like a novelty story until the enforcement mistake cuts off a livestream business. It is an unusually clear, small-scale example of how platform rules become economic policy for creators.

Why it matters: Content moderation is experienced through edge cases: a defensible wildlife policy can still become arbitrary when classification, appeals, and income are coupled at platform scale.

douyin · content-moderation · creator-economy · alpacas · China · Hangzhou · Guangdong

ChinaFile ↗

How marriage-equality advocates used China’s Civil Code process

A 2020 account of LGBTQ organizers using the Civil Code comment period, family language, litigation, and personal stories to press for marriage equality despite legal defeat and tightening constraints.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The article captured a real opening without pretending it guaranteed a breakthrough. Read today, the hopeful headline should remain tied to its publication date and to the setbacks the author documented in the same piece.

Why it matters: It records how advocates worked through official procedures and culturally legible ideas of family rather than reducing Chinese LGBTQ politics to either silence or inevitable progress.

lgbtq · marriage · civil-code · advocacy · China

Sixth Tone ↗

The hermit culture living on in China’s misty mountains

A reported visit to Taoist and Buddhist recluses in the Zhongnan Mountains, where urban disillusionment, revived religious life, environmental enforcement, and unsafe informal housing converge.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The piece resists making retreat purely romantic. Smartphones, demolished temples, registration offices, tourism, health, and genuine danger remain part of the modern hermit's landscape.

Why it matters: Tradition survives through contemporary institutions and pressures, not outside them; even withdrawal from modern life produces new negotiations with the state and market.

taoism · buddhism · religion · subculture · Zhongnan Mountains · Shaanxi · China

Robot threat or robot dividend?

Fieldwork from the Pearl River Delta examines competing claims that industrial automation either displaces workers or creates better jobs, with attention to bargaining power and vocational training.

  • Reported
Editorial note

Published before the current generative-AI cycle, the essay is a reminder that automation debates already had a shop floor, subsidy system, and labor politics. Its normative conclusion is openly pro-worker rather than presented as neutral forecasting.

Why it matters: Model-era arguments about technological displacement are incomplete without the older record of factories, local industrial policy, and who captures productivity gains.

automation · labor · manufacturing · made-in-china-2025 · Pearl River Delta · Dongguan · China

Sixth Tone ↗

Power play inside a Chinese student council

A short report on photographer Yang Wenbin's documentary project about hierarchy, authority, and blocked access inside a university student council.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The small scale is the point. Rather than explaining Chinese politics through national institutions, the photographs observe how status and administrative power are rehearsed on a campus.

Why it matters: Everyday organizations can teach authority long before their members enter formal workplaces or government institutions.

photography · universities · student-life · authority · Beijing · Shanghai

Sixth Tone ↗

The amateur programmers turning the gaokao into games

A 2017 game jam used visual-development tools and college-entrance-exam prompts to make branching stories about education, inequality, apps, family pressure, and public life.

  • Reported
Editorial note

This is the kind of culture-and-technology story a current-news feed misses: amateur creators used a rigid national ritual as raw material for small, critical, sometimes strange interactive fiction.

Why it matters: Games can function as vernacular social criticism, especially when low-code tools let young creators work outside the professional industry.

gaokao · games · youth-culture · education · China

ChinaFile ↗

Chinese is not a backward language

Thomas Mullaney traces claims that Chinese writing is technologically unfit for modern life back to older orientalist hierarchies of language and civilization.

  • Reported
Editorial note

This is a useful historical interruption to every new claim that a writing system predetermines technological capacity. It is an argument, not a neutral survey, and should be paired with work on how Chinese input methods actually developed.

Why it matters: Language technology is also cultural history: keyboards, input methods, and literacy debates carry assumptions about which societies are imagined as modern.

chinese-language · input-methods · orientalism · history · China

ChinaFile ↗

What China searched for in 2012

A period snapshot of Baidu trends ranging from the Bo Xilai scandal and food-safety rumors to restaurant logos, viral television moments, and the rise of diaosi self-mockery.

  • Reported
Editorial note

The list is valuable precisely because it is not a clean political chronology. It shows how scandal, consumer anxiety, celebrity, jokes, and suspicion of official accounts occupied the same online attention space.

Why it matters: Old search behavior preserves the texture of an internet moment that contemporary retrospectives tend to flatten into censorship or politics alone.

baidu · internet-culture · search · archive · China

Corpus transparencyPublished, reviewed, withheld, and rejected material · Audited 2026-09-15

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24
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13
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11
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Canonical source read, claims classified, limitations recorded, and public validation passed.

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