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73 posts, newest first, grouped by year. Below that, the tags that cut across sections — the price posts, the ones built on open data, the ones whose whole job was cross-checking two sources. Sections themselves are on the home page; the short pieces are on Notes.
2026
- Foreigners buying property in China: one home, two gates 2026-11-09·Life in China
- Sending money out of China on a foreign passport 2026-11-05·Life in China
- Driving in China on a foreign licence: three routes, one dead end 2026-10-29·Life in China
- 最新 LPR:1 年期 3.0%、5 年期以上 3.5%,房贷加点怎么算 2026-10-18·海外华人
- China's minimum wage by province, 2026 2026-10-18·Supply chain
- What Chinese e-commerce platforms charge a merchant 2026-10-18·Supply chain
- Reading China's import tariff for one HS code 2026-10-18·Supply chain
- How to complain about a company in China: the 12315 route 2026-10-16·Life in China
- Births counted three ways, and none agree 2026-10-14·Data and the world
- China's power gap: 4.7% in 2015, 2.0% in 2025 2026-10-14·Data and the world
- Paying a Chinese supplier: T/T versus L/C 2026-10-14·Supply chain
- Port throughput: China's own count and the world's 2026-10-14·Data and the world
- Why foreign numbers fail Chinese SMS checks 2026-10-14·Life in China
- Bank deposits in China: posted rates, types, and ID rules 2026-10-13·Life in China
- Chinese apps in English: what Meituan and Dianping ship 2026-10-13·Life in China
- FSVP: what US importers verify, and what suppliers owe 2026-10-13·Supply chain
- 1688 for a foreign buyer: what the platform says 2026-10-13·Supply chain
- China mobile bills: plans, top-up, autopay, suspension 2026-10-12·Life in China
- The AQI is a definition: China's HJ 633 vs US breakpoints 2026-10-12·Health
- China's rail traffic: 44 times the US, on 69% of the track 2026-10-12·Data and the world
- How much do Chinese people sleep? The averages disagree 2026-10-12·Health
- The documents a foreigner needs to work in China 2026-10-12·Life in China
- China's fapiao: the invoice system, explained 2026-10-12·Supply chain
- Transiting China without a visa: 24 hours and 240 hours 2026-10-12·Life in China
- 个人购汇与结汇:5 万美元额度管什么,超了交什么材料 2026-10-12·海外华人
- How China counts holiday travel, and why the numbers differ 2026-10-12·Data and the world
- How the yuan is quoted: parity, bank rates, offshore CNH 2026-10-12·Data and the world
- Opening a bank account in China as a visitor 2026-10-12·Life in China
- Oral care: what the official guidance says 2026-10-12·Health
- What cleared customs means at each end of a parcel 2026-10-12·Supply chain
- Ordering food delivery in China as a foreigner 2026-10-12·Life in China
- Registering a company in China as a foreign investor 2026-10-12·Supply chain
- Ride-hailing in China: licences, fares and invoices 2026-10-12·Life in China
- How a parcel gets priced in China 2026-10-12·Life in China
- Alipay and Weixin Pay for foreigners: the 3% fee, verification 2026-10-12·Life in China
- How much sleep do adults need? The published ranges 2026-10-12·Health
- Can you use an eSIM in China? It depends on the phone 2026-10-12·Life in China
- Water, power and gas after you rent a flat in China 2026-10-12·Life in China
- What hukou is: one register, two population counts 2026-10-12·Data and the world
- 1688 vs Alibaba prices: what each number includes 2026-10-11·Supply chain
- Getting a phone number in China: channels and prices 2026-10-11·Life in China
- Choosing a freight forwarder: reading the quote 2026-10-11·Supply chain
- Customs clearance documents, and what has to match 2026-10-11·Supply chain
- How to buy a China high-speed rail ticket on a passport 2026-10-11·Life in China
- Paying in China as a foreigner: the 3% fee, four card limits 2026-10-11·Life in China
- Provincial GDP summed against the national figure 2026-10-11·Data and the world
- How renting works in China, from listing to deposit 2026-10-11·Life in China
- Seeing a doctor in China as a foreigner: fees and waits 2026-10-11·Life in China
- How to check whether a Chinese supplier is real 2026-10-11·Supply chain
- Baduanjin in twelve minutes, movement by movement 2026-10-09·Life in China
- 同款比价:口径不写在旁边,数字就没意义 2026-10-09·海外华人
- The Chinese open-weights release timeline, dated 2026-10-09·AI and engineering
- Spot freight rates by route, and why the indices disagree 2026-10-09·Supply chain
- 八个城市的月支出,拆到每一项 2026-10-09·海外华人
- Fifty Chinese radicals, ranked by frequency 2026-10-09·Life in China
- What groceries cost in China, channel by channel 2026-10-09·Life in China
- Measuring error in support AI, and what accuracy hides 2026-10-09·AI and engineering
- How an eval set is built, and why it rots 2026-10-09·AI and engineering
- 回国与出国手续清单:学历认证、社保转移、公积金、落户 2026-10-09·海外华人
- From token prices to task prices: three jobs, seven APIs 2026-10-09·AI and engineering
- Incoterms in one page: who pays, who carries risk 2026-10-09·Supply chain
- One commodity, two customs records 2026-10-09·Data and the world
- How the money actually moves in live commerce 2026-10-09·Supply chain
- China's parcel count and the world's, side by side 2026-10-09·Data and the world
- Two urbanisation rates for one country 2026-10-09·Data and the world
- What a China factory quote actually contains 2026-10-09·Supply chain
- Why Chinese people drink hot water, per the record 2026-10-09·Life in China
- Why there is no Western mini program 2026-10-09·AI and engineering
- Why fast is the default in China 2026-10-09·Life in China
- Twenty hot lists, no API keys 2026-10-08·AI and engineering
- Verifying an email signup end to end 2026-10-08·AI and engineering
- What this site actually ships, and the widget I can't remove 2026-10-08·AI and engineering
- What goes on this site, and what does not 2026-10-07·AI and engineering
Tags
- Sources and method 16 posts
How a number was arrived at: which record it came from, what the second source said, and where the two disagreed.
- Prices 22 posts
What something costs and who pays it — model calls per task, groceries by channel, a month of city living.
- Open data 14 posts
The dataset is public and named, so anyone can pull the same figures again and arrive at the same row.
- AI evaluation 3 posts
How AI work gets measured: an eval set that ages, error rates in a support bot, pass rates per task.
- Rails and infrastructure 8 posts
The plumbing behind the behaviour — payments, parcels, platforms — and why the defaults look different here.
- Reference pages 25 posts
Short pages meant to be kept: tables, indices and checklists you come back to.
- Site notes 3 posts
How this site is made, what it ships, and what it refuses to do.