Editorial Policy

The standards every published page on ChinaGuide.ai is held to.

The short version: official sources first, dated verification, fast corrections, and honest disclosure about how the content is made.

Sourcing standards

  • Official primary sources come first. Core visa policy pages are verified against government immigration notices and embassy or consulate announcements; permit topics that are only handled through licensed agencies (such as Tibet permits) rely on operator documentation instead. App and service information is verified against the operators' own documentation wherever it exists and, where possible, against our own use of the product.
  • Secondary reporting is labeled. Where a claim rests on third-party reporting rather than a primary source, our standard is to say so in the text rather than presenting it as confirmed fact.

Updates

  • Every guide shows a "Last verified" date. That date moves only when the page has actually been re-checked against its sources — not when we touch formatting.
  • Guides are classified by how quickly their subject changes, shown as a label on each page. Fast-moving topics — visa policy, payment app onboarding — are re-verified more frequently than stable ones.
  • When a rule or process changes, we update the existing guide rather than leaving outdated advice up alongside a new post.

Corrections

Found an error? Email support@chinaguide.ai. Corrections are prioritized over other content work: the page is re-checked against current sources, fixed, and its verification date updated.

AI assistance, disclosed

We use AI tools to help draft, research, and review content. Three things keep that honest:

  1. The standards and final publication decisions are made by people, not models.
  2. Nothing is published until it passes a review gate — every page is marked as audited before it goes live, and drafts never ship.
  3. An automated AI reviewer additionally reviews every content change and flags quality problems — for example, an FAQ answer not supported by the body of its page — before a person decides whether it ships.

We would rather tell you exactly how this works than pretend otherwise. What matters is the verification standard, and it is enforced regardless of which tools produce a draft.

Questions about this policy: support@chinaguide.ai. More about who we are: About ChinaGuide.ai.