Membership & Access

How access works

All articles, analysis, interviews, and reports are free to read — always, with no account and no paywall. Registration and scholar review apply only to value-added tools and raw research datasets.

Iron rule: public content is never placed behind any gate.

Public

Anyone

All articles, analysis, interviews, report PDFs, survey briefs, embedded video, full-text search.

Gate: None

Registered

Email sign-up

Bookmarks, newsletter, event RSVP, personalized topic tracking.

Gate: Email magic-link (passwordless)

Scholar

Academic / policy researchers

China Pulse raw datasets, advanced dashboard queries, bulk export, citation tools.

Gate: Application + signed Data Use Agreement (DUA) + manual review

Apply for scholar access →

Partner

Institutions / members

API & data subscriptions, white-label embeds, early reports, closed-door briefings.

Gate: Onboarding via the X1000.AI commerce gateway (m535)

Data use & compliance

The Data Use Agreement mirrors the citation/usage terms of The Carter Center, Emory University, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Scholar PII is minimized; sessions are short-lived; dataset downloads use short-lived signed URLs with an append-only audit log.

Design basis: The Carter Center's China Pulse already releases datasets to researchers who apply and sign a citation/usage agreement, with a public dashboard in progress. This tier replicates that model directly.