Editorial Guidelines | SharpPost (銳報)

Last updated: 4 October 2026

Editorial principles

Facts first

Reporting is based on verifiable facts and data. Opinion is kept strictly separate from news.

Independent operation

Editorial judgment is independent of commercial relationships. Commercial promotion is clearly distinguished from news content.

Data-driven

We disclose our sources and methods, and we conduct research that draws on data, documents and long-term tracking.

A public responsibility

We attend to the circumstances of ordinary people, verify serious allegations, correct errors in public, and continue to follow important stories.

Editorial policy

Independence

SharpPost is operated by SharpPost Ruibao LLC, a company registered in the United States. The editorial team decides independently what to cover, the angle of the reporting, and what to publish. We do not accept commercial cooperation in exchange for an editorial stance, or for leaving out important facts. If we carry advertising, sponsorship or affiliate promotion, it will be clearly identified and kept separate from news reporting. No commercial relationship may interfere with editorial judgment.

Articles by independent contributors reflect the author’s own reasoning and analysis, and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of SharpPost Ruibao LLC. SharpPost aims to offer close, structured analysis from more than one angle; readers should judge those arguments for themselves.

Fact-checking and corrections

Every report goes through at least one round of independent fact-checking. News events move quickly. We work to be accurate and careful, but we do not warrant that every piece of information is absolutely complete, accurate or up to the minute at every moment.

When a major factual error is confirmed, we will correct it as soon as we can. We will mark the top of the original article with a Correction notice or an editor’s note — on Chinese-language articles the label is 【更正】 — stating what was wrong, what is correct, and the date of the correction. Ordinary factual errors are noted at the end of the article or in another relevant place. Clarifications and later updates should be distinguished from factual corrections. Substantive corrections remain on the record, in a form readers can see. The process is set out in our Corrections Policy. Readers may send requests to [email protected].

Disclosure of conflicts of interest

If a member of the editorial team holds financial assets related to the subject of a report, or has another potential conflict of interest, that will be disclosed at the end of the article. SharpPost’s analysis of macroeconomic trends, industry developments and the business environment is solely the newsroom’s independent view. It does not constitute investment advice, a legal opinion, or any other form of professional consultation. Anyone who makes an investment or business decision on the basis of material on this site does so at their own risk.

Transparency about the use of AI tools

SharpPost uses AI tools in the editorial process to help organize data, present information in a structured way, and carry out preliminary analysis. Decisions about what to cover, fact-checking, analytical reasoning and the final decision to publish are made by human editors in every case. We do not publish AI-generated material that has not been reviewed by an editor.

Research and the public record

SharpPost combines news reporting with special research, long-term tracking and the compilation of data. Research should state its sources, the definitions used in the statistics, when it was updated, and the limits of the method. It should distinguish verifiable facts, analytical judgments, and questions that have yet to be confirmed. Where a report makes a serious allegation in politics or public life, the evidence should be checked and the people written about should have an opportunity to respond. Important reports, later developments and corrections together form a public record that can be traced.