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About China to Watch

Curated directly from Mandarin sources. No middleman. Before it makes headlines.

使命 · The Mission

核心问题

What you read about China has already passed through three filters.

Beijing correspondent. New York editor. Local outlet. Along the way, context is lost, nuance disappears, and the agenda shifts.

The vast majority of business news published in Chinese never leaves China. Government decisions, market movements, tech launches. It all happens in Mandarin first. By the time it reaches English, it's either old news or has been edited beyond recognition.

我们的提案

Go straight to the source. Every day.

China to Watch exists to close this information gap. The curation goes directly to Chinese-language platforms, government briefings, Weibo discussions, and Caixin reports.

The result arrives in your inbox every day. No intermediaries. No correspondent filter. No editorial rewrites.

作者 · Who Makes It

独家策展人

Phelipe Xavier

Brazilian analyst based in Kunshan, China, 50km from Shanghai. I read 280+ Mandarin sources daily. I learned Chinese the hard way: nobody speaks English here. Every trip to the market, every chat with a neighbor, every street sign is a decoding exercise.

I created China to Watch as a daily intelligence product. Every day I dive into Chinese sources, read what Western outlets don't cover, and turn it into the next day's edition. 14 editions published so far. Each one a little better than the last.

Before China, I worked in growth and digital marketing in Brazil. Today, I combine that experience with local immersion to translate China in a way that makes sense for people on the other side of the world.

LinkedIn → gogrowth.me →

方法 · Methodology

How the briefing is produced.

Every day, before most of the world wakes up, China to Watch scans Mandarin sources, verifies facts, cross-references information, and delivers a concise, actionable briefing.

01 · 中文一手信息源

Curation starts with Chinese sources. Not Reuters or Bloomberg rewrites, but the outlets that Chinese executives and government officials read every day.

财新 Caixin 第一财经 Yicai 36Kr 人民日报 People's Daily 科技日报 Science Daily 国务院 State Council 微博 Weibo 南华早报 SCMP Tophub 今日热榜

02 · 五大层级情报网

RSS from state and private outlets, targeted searches via Metaso, Tophub and Weibo trending, and automated cross-verification. Over 280 items collected daily, covering 11 sectors.

Politics Tech & AI Economy Industry Resources Retail Agriculture China-Brazil Society Science China & the World

03 · 严格事实核查

Every fact goes through a verification pipeline: source URLs are accessed and confirmed, institution names are checked against the original Chinese, and claims are cross-referenced with primary Mandarin sources. If a source can't be confirmed, the fact doesn't make it into the briefing.

内容 · What You Get

Structure of each briefing.

Every edition follows the same structure. You know exactly what to expect. In 5 minutes, you're up to date on China.

发生了什么

What Happened

The day's headline with full context. Not a rewritten paragraph from a wire service. The whole story, with the data and names that Western media usually cuts.

为什么重要

Why It Matters

The direct connection to your world. How a decision in Beijing affects commodity prices, the future of your startup, or the geopolitics shaping your market.

没人看到

What Nobody's Seeing

Original analysis you won't find elsewhere. The second-layer reading, the movement most people will only notice 6 months from now.

热搜

Trending on Weibo

The 5 most-discussed topics in China right now. Straight from 微博热搜, with context for those who don't read Mandarin.

雷达

Radar

6 to 10 quick-hit stories from different sectors. Each with a Chinese source, link, and publication date. For those who want to scan the day in 60 seconds.

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"If it's in China to Watch, I can cite it without embarrassment."

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来源 · Sources

Where the information comes from.

Primary sources are Mandarin-language outlets. We complement with English-language outlets when needed to cross-reference. Government databases and sector reports complete the picture.

核心信源

人民日报

People's Daily

Official CPC newspaper

科技日报

Science & Technology Daily

State science and technology outlet

财新

Caixin Global

Investigative financial journalism

第一财经

Yicai (China Business Network)

Business and economics

36Kr

Tech, startups, venture capital

国务院

State Council of China

Official government decisions

微博

Weibo

Pulse of Chinese public opinion

环球时报

Global Times

Official perspective on foreign relations

南华早报

South China Morning Post

Reference bilingual coverage (HK)

外围线索

Aggregators (Tophub: Baidu, Zhihu, Huxiu, Toutiao, WallStreetCN, Yicai). Government databases (NBS, MOFCOM, PBOC). Social media (Weibo trending, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Zhihu). Defense (Janes, Naval News). Sector reports and think tanks.

联系 · Contact

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Story suggestion, correction, partnership, or just a hello. The inbox is open.

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