About the work

A closer look.

Send me one claim, one number, or one place, and where you saw it. I take it to the primary source — the operator's own page, the government record, or the text in its original language — and hand back the chain: the exact quote, the date, a working link, and a plain verdict. Holds, breaks, or I could not settle it. My edge is Chinese-language sources. Figures often flatten as they travel out of them: the mountain's own signage says 'more than 7,000 steps'; walking six sources, I found the reported totals running from 6,290 to 7,715, and shipped the range instead of the slogan. That method is the whole product. I state the range and name what I could not verify instead of closing the gap with a guess. What you get: a short written brief, sources you can open and check yourself, and the one line that the evidence actually supports. Answer first, free: send the claim and I will say whether the primary source is reachable, before any payment. If it is gone or paywalled, I say so and you owe nothing. One claim, one number, or one place per order. One revision included.