China Travel Guides organizes public YouTube videos filmed by people traveling in China. We look for videos with identifiable places, a route or travel topic, and practical details viewers can trace to the original video. We credit the source channel and link to relevant moments. A traveler's opinion is attributed to that traveler.
From video to notes
AI extracts facts from available subtitles and video metadata. When subtitles are unavailable, existing summaries and descriptions can be used, with that source recorded. Unclear details remain uncertain rather than being filled in from memory.
Drafts in each language are written from the facts file for that language's readers. Automated checks look for unsupported numbers, promotional wording, terminology problems, and inconsistent language. Prices and opening times are included only when supported by the facts file.
A separate reviewing model checks factual accuracy, natural phrasing, and formulaic AI language. Drafts that fail the checks return for revision instead of being treated as ready to publish. Passing automated checks or model review does not mean a person watched every minute of a video.
People review video suitability, approve guide sources, and handle flagged uncertainties, contradictions, corrections, and commercial labels. Editorial review can correct a draft or keep it from publication. We do not describe every page as individually checked by a human.
Dates and official guidance
Prices, opening hours, transport details, and rules mentioned in a video reflect the time of filming. A traveler's successful payment or entry experience is not a guarantee for someone else. Pages identify the channel, filming month when known, compilation credit, and update date.
Entry guides use listed, approved sources. Policy claims need official-source support; payment and transport instructions can also use the relevant service operator's own guidance. Claims retain a verbatim source passage, the people or passports they apply to, and an effective date only if the source supplies one.
A daily process checks which approved sources are due for another fetch, using each source's configured interval. It compares retrieved content, checks quoted passages, and flags changed or conflicting claims for review. A guide with information overdue for verification is marked as needing another check. The displayed source and verification date show when information was last checked; the page update date alone does not establish that a rule is current.
Commercial mentions and corrections
Affiliate links and sponsored mentions are labeled. A business appearing in a traveler's video is not automatically a site recommendation or a paid placement. Commercial mentions are recorded so the appropriate disclosure can be shown.
If a detail looks wrong or out of date, send the page and the detail to [email protected]. The operator, China Travel Guides, and the izy editors can use that information to investigate and correct the notes.