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Asahi Shimbun vs South China Morning Post — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
South China Morning Post outscores Asahi Shimbun on Modern Citation Reference by 5 points (B · 70 vs C · 65).
News
Asahi Shimbun
asahi.com
C·65
Rank #125 of 130 on Modern Reference
Hard paywall on Japanese content; English edition open but smaller scope.
Higher Modern Reference
News
South China Morning Post
scmp.com
B·70
Rank #115 of 130 on Modern Reference
Soft paywall (metered); good schema; English-language indexed broadly.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
Asahi ShimbunC·65
Modern Reference · 65/100
Hard paywall on Japanese content; English edition open but smaller scope.
South China Morning PostB·70
Modern Reference · 70/100
Soft paywall (metered); good schema; English-language indexed broadly.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
Asahi Shimbun
- Language gatePrimary content Japanese-language; under-represented in English LLM corpora.
South China Morning Post
- Metered accessMost articles readable without subscription up to monthly cap.
Other dimensions for Asahi Shimbun vs South China Morning Post
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