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Bring a China question.

If the public records raise a question for your business, China Snapshot can help scope the research or build a way to follow it. Describe the decision you face and the information you need.

China Snapshot consulting

Work with Tristan McInnis on a defined China research question, ongoing monitoring, or a workflow that puts data and AI to use in your business. The worked research examples show how questions can be investigated with the archive, including where the available evidence falls short.

  • Tailored research. Investigate a topic, business or policy development with a source record you can inspect and findings that explain what the evidence supports.
  • Ongoing monitoring. Define the subjects, sources and changes your team needs to follow, then agree a useful reporting schedule.
  • Data and AI workflows.Scope a dataset, export or research workflow around your team's questions, systems and source permissions.

Email contact@china-snapshot.com with your question, intended use and timing. A few sentences are enough to start. We can then discuss the available evidence, deliverable and scope.

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  • Consulting and general enquiries. contact@china-snapshot.com. Research projects, tailored monitoring, data and AI workflows, partnerships, press, or questions about the site.
  • Support and corrections. support@china-snapshot.com. Account and access problems, and reports of an error on any page. Include the page address and what you believe is wrong.
  • Privacy. privacy@china-snapshot.com. Requests about your personal data, including access, correction and deletion.

Corrections

A report of an error goes to support@china-snapshot.com. We check it against the cited source and, where the claim is not supported, correct or remove it and note the correction on the page. The full process is in the editorial standards.

The company

China Snapshot is published by CHINA SNAPSHOT LIMITED, a company incorporated in Hong Kong, Business Registration No. 80961828. Registered office: Unit 2904-05, 29/F, Universal Trade Centre, 3 Arbuthnot Road, Hong Kong S.A.R. Post to that address reaches us more slowly than email.

The operator is Tristan McInnis. His background and the method are on the method page.

What to expect

The desk is small. Email is read on working days, and most messages get an answer within five working days. There is no phone line and no live chat. Members with an access problem should write to support from the address on their account so we can find it.