{
  "id": "policy-monitoring",
  "title": "Export-control policy publications, 3 Aug to 31 Oct 2026",
  "buying_question": "Can my team stop checking Chinese ministries and wire sources by hand for export-control news and still know what was published, by whom, and when we found it?",
  "question": "Which retained records mention export controls, dual-use items, the unreliable entity list or rare earths in their title between 2026-08-03 and 2026-10-31, and how many were published in that window versus only discovered by us in it?",
  "date_range": {
    "from": "2026-08-03",
    "to": "2026-10-31"
  },
  "frozen_at": "2026-11-02T01:46:54Z",
  "review_status": {
    "state": "unreviewed",
    "reviewed_at": null,
    "reviewer": null
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "China Snapshot public datasets API (documents)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents",
      "note": "Retained documents corpus; one record per source URL."
    },
    {
      "name": "MOFCOM",
      "url": null,
      "note": "5 matching records"
    },
    {
      "name": "Financial Times",
      "url": null,
      "note": "4 matching records"
    },
    {
      "name": "Reuters",
      "url": null,
      "note": "2 matching records"
    },
    {
      "name": "US Federal Register",
      "url": null,
      "note": "1 matching record"
    },
    {
      "name": "Global Times",
      "url": null,
      "note": "1 matching record"
    },
    {
      "name": "South China Morning Post",
      "url": null,
      "note": "1 matching record"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jiangxi Provincial Government",
      "url": null,
      "note": "1 matching record"
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "label": "documents with topic=export-controls",
    "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&topic=export-controls&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100",
    "curl": "curl -sS 'https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&topic=export-controls&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100'"
  },
  "evidence_url": "https://china-snapshot.com/data/examples/policy-monitoring.csv",
  "page_url": "https://china-snapshot.com/examples/policy-monitoring",
  "requests": [
    {
      "label": "documents matching 'export control' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=export%20control&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "documents matching '出口管制' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%A3%E7%AE%A1%E5%88%B6&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "documents matching 'dual-use' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=dual-use&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "documents matching '两用物项' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=%E4%B8%A4%E7%94%A8%E7%89%A9%E9%A1%B9&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "documents matching 'unreliable entity' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=unreliable%20entity&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "documents matching '不可靠实体' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF%E9%9D%A0%E5%AE%9E%E4%BD%93&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "documents matching 'rare earth' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=rare%20earth&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "documents matching '稀土' (page 1)",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&q=%E7%A8%80%E5%9C%9F&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    },
    {
      "label": "reproducible request: documents with topic=export-controls",
      "url": "https://china-snapshot.com/api/datasets?dataset=documents&topic=export-controls&from=2026-08-03&to=2026-10-31&limit=100"
    }
  ],
  "records": 15,
  "evidence": {
    "csv": "/data/examples/policy-monitoring.csv",
    "json": "/data/examples/policy-monitoring.json"
  },
  "known_gaps": [
    "The deployed API has no topic filter yet. Each term is a case-insensitive substring match on title, original title or publisher name only; article bodies are not searched, so a document that discusses export controls without saying so in its title is missed.",
    "Matching is literal. Variants such as 'dual use' without the hyphen, 'export-control' with one, 'export restrictions', or other Chinese phrasings are not matched.",
    "Broad terms ('rare earth', '稀土') also match commodity and market news that is not about policy. Rows matched only by a broad term carry matched_only_broad_term = true and should be reviewed before counting them as policy publications.",
    "Date filters use first collection time in UTC. published_at is the publisher's claim, is sometimes absent, and is compared here by calendar date as given.",
    "The corpus is a collected set of sources, not a register of every publication. A count here is a count of records we retained, not of everything issued.",
    "No human has reviewed these rows. The classification is by publication date only; it does not judge whether a record is substantively about export controls."
  ],
  "method": [
    "The reproducible request (documents with topic=export-controls) is one fixed-range page of at most 100 rows; result.row_count and result.ids_sha256 are computed from exactly its response.",
    "For the wider figures: one query per reviewed term (the list is below), each paged at 100 rows by following next_cursor, with from/to fixed to the range.",
    "Terms: export control (en); 出口管制 (zh); dual-use (en); 两用物项 (zh); unreliable entity (en); 不可靠实体 (zh); rare earth (en, broad); 稀土 (zh, broad).",
    "Results are merged by record id. A record keeps every term that matched it.",
    "Each record is classed by comparing published_at (the publisher's date, nullable) with the range: published inside it, discovered inside it with an earlier publication date, or discovered with no publication date.",
    "original_title, title, source, source_url, published_at and collected_at are preserved as returned by the API."
  ],
  "result": {
    "row_count": 10,
    "ids_sha256": "56895c0f276665ee475f67017415cd17037c549f9f2a84fb8d375186a544f42e",
    "more_rows_available": false,
    "summary": "The reproducible request returns 10 records. Across all eight terms, 15 unique records matched at least one reviewed term. 9 carry a publication date inside the range; 0 were first collected in range with an earlier publication date and 6 have no publication date. 5 matched only a broad term and need review.",
    "figures": [
      {
        "label": "Unique records",
        "value": "15",
        "note": "Merged by record id across all eight term queries."
      },
      {
        "label": "Newly published in range",
        "value": "9",
        "note": "published_at falls between the range start and end."
      },
      {
        "label": "Newly discovered, earlier publication date",
        "value": "0",
        "note": "First collected in range but dated before it: found late, not published late."
      },
      {
        "label": "Newly discovered, publication date unknown",
        "value": "6",
        "note": "The publisher date was not retained, so recency cannot be judged."
      },
      {
        "label": "Matched only by a broad term",
        "value": "5 (33.3%)",
        "note": "Only 'rare earth' or '稀土' matched. These are the likeliest false positives (for example market news)."
      },
      {
        "label": "Publishers represented",
        "value": "7",
        "note": "Top: MOFCOM (5), Financial Times (4), Reuters (2)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for 'export control'",
        "value": "8",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for '出口管制'",
        "value": "5",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for 'dual-use'",
        "value": "2",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for '两用物项'",
        "value": "2",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for 'unreliable entity'",
        "value": "0",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for '不可靠实体'",
        "value": "0",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for 'rare earth'",
        "value": "6",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hits for '稀土'",
        "value": "1",
        "note": "Records returned for this term alone"
      }
    ]
  },
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      "id": "documents:25033",
      "original_title": "Japan ‘months’ from running out of critical rare earth as China squeezes supply",
      "title": "Japan ‘months’ from running out of critical rare earth as China squeezes supply",
      "source": "Financial Times",
      "source_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPdGJDTEN3Z09DeWNoSlBtNGNOWnBCNDNHbHJjbVpBeHNRX3FpVjA2SnRuNFVvMXVYeGU3eVdqT0s3RjFkeHV5bmY0ZjQ5TUVweWFRNk1xTTNJbjBkTzNNTllPdVpHVzZZUDAwSjZ2WmN1b1E3M2wtTUVHQVM5c20tNk5teFY?oc=5",
      "published_at": "2026-10-19",
      "collected_at": "2026-10-20T06:12:00.264524+00:00",
      "record_class": "newly_published",
      "matched_terms": [
        "rare earth"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": true
    },
    {
      "id": "documents:24990",
      "original_title": "China commerce ministry announces export controls for tunnel boring machines",
      "title": "China commerce ministry announces export controls for tunnel boring machines",
      "source": "Reuters",
      "source_url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQRTcxQnBKc2lsa0hUanFoVWY4NXlSS09QaFhELWpwWTlOYzAyRWdPMVEzcXhtbDc4UEduRk44VlhhYUkzRWswazNObUl6a2VodGxUaFF5Tkc4anhmbHVEMXBvd2JLaDRRMkpSUUpxdHRXMWRrQW1qNWh0dlFkWDhMbDhoQjFvTDBBcGtQWG5STWRzVUtBNW1MTEdyaHZCSVdaMjFIMjdBa3h5NHhjZDQxc0R5d3Vja0lVZjNzR2h4TThxME9pQkE?oc=5",
      "published_at": "2026-10-19",
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      ],
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    },
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      "original_title": "China rare earth firms halt some US shipments over geopolitical worries, sources say",
      "title": "China rare earth firms halt some US shipments over geopolitical worries, sources say",
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    },
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      "original_title": "Price of niche rare earth jumps on fears of renewed Chinese export controls",
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    },
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      "original_title": "Streamlining Export Controls for Drone Exports",
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      "original_title": "Are US export controls really about containing China – or controlling America itself?",
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    },
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      "original_title": "China detains Japanese executives in dual-use technology export probe: report",
      "title": "China detains Japanese executives in dual-use technology export probe: report",
      "source": "South China Morning Post",
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      ],
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    },
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      "id": "documents:15631",
      "original_title": "US backs Australian rare earth miner to cut out China",
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      "matched_terms": [
        "rare earth"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": true
    },
    {
      "id": "documents:15289",
      "original_title": "Transcript: How to break China’s chokehold on rare earths",
      "title": "Transcript: How to break China’s chokehold on rare earths",
      "source": "Financial Times",
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        "rare earth"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": true
    },
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      "id": "documents:25377",
      "original_title": "商务部 海关总署 中央军委装备发展部公告2026年第49号 公布优化调整无人机相关物项出口管制措施的决定",
      "title": "Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, and Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission Announcement No. 49 of 2026: Announcement of the Decision to Optimize and Adjust Export Control Measures for Drone-Related Items",
      "source": "MOFCOM",
      "source_url": "https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/zcfb/zc/art/2026/art_b2fa4e60bcd24bdf8c658e476b808785.html",
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        "export control",
        "出口管制"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": false
    },
    {
      "id": "documents:25376",
      "original_title": "商务部 海关总署公告2026年第50号 公布对盾构机等物项实施出口管制的决定",
      "title": "Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 50 of 2026: Announcement of the Decision to Impose Export Controls on Items Such as Tunnel Boring Machines",
      "source": "MOFCOM",
      "source_url": "https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/zcfb/zc/art/2026/art_1628d886f39840489513af242f93517b.html",
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        "export control",
        "出口管制"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": false
    },
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      "id": "documents:25375",
      "original_title": "商务部 海关总署公告2026年第51号 公布优化调整挖泥船相关物项出口管制措施的决定",
      "title": "Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 51 of 2026: Announcement of the Decision to Optimize and Adjust Export Control Measures for Dredger-Related Items",
      "source": "MOFCOM",
      "source_url": "https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/zcfb/zc/art/2026/art_f4ab31f0b7e94c159b357e39f5a12fc9.html",
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        "export control",
        "出口管制"
      ],
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    },
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      "id": "documents:25374",
      "original_title": "商务部 海关总署公告2026年第52号 公布进一步优化两用物项出口管制质疑和鉴别工作有关事项",
      "title": "Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 52 of 2026: Announcement of Matters Concerning Further Optimization of the Challenge and Identification Work for Export Control of Dual-Use Items",
      "source": "MOFCOM",
      "source_url": "https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/zcfb/zc/art/2026/art_531d1a665fab4dafb810927f37788e24.html",
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      "matched_terms": [
        "export control",
        "出口管制",
        "dual-use",
        "两用物项"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": false
    },
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      "id": "documents:19719",
      "original_title": "稀土废渣废水中钍铀检测国标发布",
      "title": "National standards released for detecting thorium and uranium in rare earth waste residue and wastewater",
      "source": "Jiangxi Provincial Government",
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      "published_at": null,
      "collected_at": "2026-08-27T02:53:36.000740+00:00",
      "record_class": "newly_discovered_unknown_publication_date",
      "matched_terms": [
        "rare earth",
        "稀土"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": true
    },
    {
      "id": "documents:14525",
      "original_title": "商务部公告2026年第34号 公布加强无人机相关两用物项对美国出口管制",
      "title": "商务部公告2026年第34号 公布加强无人机相关两用物项对美国出口管制",
      "source": "MOFCOM",
      "source_url": "https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/zcfb/zc/art/2026/art_9f5cd4a97c904e469d2273ba79fba56b.html",
      "published_at": null,
      "collected_at": "2026-08-05T10:49:08.786557+00:00",
      "record_class": "newly_discovered_unknown_publication_date",
      "matched_terms": [
        "出口管制",
        "两用物项"
      ],
      "matched_only_broad_term": false
    }
  ]
}