Pillar Guide
Start With the China Market Decision, Not the Platform
Use seven decisions—demand, product, localization, delivery, distribution, business model, and rights—to choose the next China step for an expert product.
H1 · Consider China
Market Demand & Opportunity
Is China worth testing for this product—and is there a specific buyer problem?
Direct answer
Start with evidence of a buyer, a costly problem and current alternatives. General interest in China is not yet demand.
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Start here · Primary guide
How to Turn a China-Market Question Into a Testable Demand Hypothesis
Turn a broad China-market question into one testable buyer, problem, alternative and delivery hypothesis before localizing a course.
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Pillar Guide
How to Read a China Public Training Document Without Mistaking It for Market Demand
A public China training document can reveal scope, roles and records. It cannot prove private-market demand. Use it to form better buyer questions.
Pillar Guide
More AI Agents Do Not Make China Research More Reliable
A governance framework for separating collection, source verification, deduplication and editorial judgment in multi-agent China research.
Direct Answer
Resolve the next uncertainty.
Direct Answer
A Finished Deep-Research Report Is Not a China Market Decision
Why a completed AI research report needs a decision cover before it can guide a China course, consulting or product investment.
Direct Answer
When Topic Popularity Is Not Buyer Demand
Searches, comments and platform scale can justify investigation. Use an evidence ledger to decide whether a China course test has a real buyer behind it.
Comparison / Playbook
Resolve the next uncertainty.
Comparison / Playbook
How to Map Local Alternatives Before Entering China
Before calling an overseas course a China opportunity, map what one defined buyer already does instead: the route, delivery, service and the option to do nothing.
Tool / Checklist
Resolve the next uncertainty.
Tool / Checklist
A China Buyer Interview Is Not a Finding Until You Log the Conditions
A buyer interview becomes usable evidence only when the answer, condition, speaker role, counterevidence and next test are recorded separately.
Tool / Checklist
A RAG Answer Is Not a China Market Brief
Use RAG output as a traceable research input, not a China demand conclusion. Separate retrieved evidence, model synthesis and the next validation question.
Tool / Checklist
Buyer–Problem–Alternative–Delivery Worksheet
Use this worksheet before a China market test to separate the buyer, problem, current alternative and delivery-route unknowns instead of inventing an opportunity score.
Case / Evidence
Resolve the next uncertainty.
Case / Evidence
When Expertise Is Too Broad to Buy: Build a Verifiable Entry Object
Broad expertise becomes easier to assess when the first China offer has a named object, evidence of completion, and a clear boundary.
Case / Evidence
A Niche Expert Does Not Need a Mass Audience. They Need Higher Buyer Density.
A practical decision framework for choosing between more market coverage and a higher density of plausible buyers in an early China test.