China sourcing intelligence, verification systems & negotiation tools for e-commerce founders.
🌐 Read everything at assassinationss.github.io — the Sol Research Desk hub: 5 free deep guides + the Playbook.
I publish the systems that keep importers from getting burned — open-source toolkits, checklists, and field-tested templates.
| What it is | Link | |
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| 🇨🇳 | The China Sourcing Playbook 2026 — 25 templates to verify suppliers, negotiate like a local & never get burned | Product page |
| 🧰 | Awesome China Sourcing — open-source supplier verification toolkit: VERIFY system, red flags, Incoterms, free email templates | Repo |
| 📊 | Crypto Portfolio Tracker — free Excel tracker (trade log → live holdings → P&L). Pro edition with automated dashboard, pay in USDT | Repo |
Simplified Chinese docs contributor — native-speaker review & translation. 21 merged PRs across 8 repos since Sept 2026:
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toss/react-simplikit — finished the repo's entire zh-Hans roadmap: 15 API pages translated (#525) plus a 30-page CJK typography sweep (#524)
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Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub — native review of the Chinese README and site copy (#519, #520)
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open-data-brazil/br-validators — aligned docs with official validation vectors (#46)
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shadcn-labs/skills — the repo's complete zh-CN layer: README, a reusable docs-i18n-zh translator skill, and all 6 SKILL.md translations (#26–#33, 8 merged PRs)
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kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain — Awesome China Sourcing accepted into the General Supply Chain section (#8, merged) — the list now sits inside the awesome ecosystem
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ScaleLeap/awesome-amazon-seller — the toolkit listed in Sourcing & Suppliers: initial entry (#52) plus the interactive-tools refresh (#61), both merged
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inferstep/ATLAS — full zh-CN resync of README + ARCHITECTURE (#246), then SETUP + TROUBLESHOOTING resyncs for both zh-CN (#287) and Japanese (#289), then completed the docs-index audit: every document under
docs/reachable from the index (#345, ships with 3.2.0) -
TransmodelEcosystem/NeTEx — fixed invalid XML namespace URIs across the fare examples (comma → dot in
XmlnsUrl), merged into v2.0 (#1082)
Member of the TransmodelEcosystem org (NeTEx contributors team, Oct 2026). In transit: a NeTEx README typo fix (#1081, approved) and a modular/llm-inference-handbook zh-CN pilot (#225), and two ATLAS zh-docs fixes in review (#436/#438).
New to sourcing from China? Read the VERIFY system first — six steps that filter out 95% of bad suppliers before money moves.
- v1.0.0 released — the complete verification toolkit, tagged & versioned
- 🧮 Free interactive tools — Landed Cost Calculator (FOB + freight + duty + VAT, true per-unit cost) · Supplier Red-Flag Checker (score any supplier in 3 minutes) · CNY 2027 Deadline Calculator (last safe order date before the real factory shutdown — Feb 6, 11 days early)
- 5 deep guides — Verify a supplier (6 steps) · Supplier phrases bilingual decoder · Read a Chinese business license · Pay safely (instruments & scam patterns) · Alibaba vs 1688
- Weekly Q&A — ask anything about sourcing from China, I answer in-thread
- ⚡ $19 — direct order: email
assassinationss@163.comwith subject Playbook for payment details and same-day access · or subject Sample for the free pack (2 AI prompts + claim template)
- Alibaba vs 1688 in 2026: Where Smart Importers Actually Buy — the honest comparison: prices, MOQs, scam recovery
- How to Read a Chinese Business License (and Spot a Fake Supplier) — the line-by-line decoding of the single highest-leverage document in sourcing
- How to Verify a Chinese Supplier: The 6-Step System — the VERIFY framework, start to finish
- The GitHub-Only Monetization Stack — how this product line runs on GitHub alone
Open an issue on any repo, or reach me at assassinationss@163.com.