[
  {
    "id": "ZX01",
    "title": "SOHO China: Co-founder Zhang Xin biography",
    "url": "https://classic.sohochina.com/en/team",
    "date": "Undated; accessed 2026-10-18",
    "notes": "Primary company biography: Beijing birth; moved to Hong Kong at 14; five factory years; UK at 19; Sussex economics, Cambridge development economics; Goldman Sachs; co-founder in 1995. The 54 million square feet figure is cumulative projects developed, not a current owned portfolio."
  },
  {
    "id": "ZX02",
    "title": "PBS Amanpour and Company: Zhang Xin, CEO of SOHO China, interview with Walter Isaacson",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/video/zhang-xin-ceo-soho-china-vmbeta/",
    "date": "2019-01-31",
    "notes": "First-person interview and transcript. Zhang describes factory work, moving between jobs for higher pay, saving about GBP3,000 to reach England, then English lessons and university; her work with architects and the small office/home office concept. Transcript contains obvious machine-caption mistakes; use the substance with the official biography, not its mistaken founding-year prompt."
  },
  {
    "id": "ZX03",
    "title": "SOHO China Global Offering Prospectus",
    "url": "https://www.sohochina.com/upload/ir/FRPDF/pro070921.pdf",
    "date": "2007-09-21",
    "notes": "Primary offer document. Printed pp. 10-11 and 178-179 separate proceeds to company from selling shareholders and intended debt/project/working-capital uses; p. 79 describes development-and-sale; pp. 106-108 describe presales, customer payments and after-sales leasing commissions; definition of Selling Shareholders includes controlling shareholders and others. Saved and text-extracted locally for verification. Additional v2 checks: printed pages 72\u201373 document first-project equity of 45% from May 1998 and 54% from August 1999; page 35 describes presale cash schedules; page 98 gives Newtown completion in Q4 2001 and remaining unsold units at June 2007; pages 168\u2013169 give bank loans and personal guarantees, including RMB800 million outstanding at end-2006 at 6.30%. Guarantees were released 21 June 2007."
  },
  {
    "id": "ZX04",
    "title": "SOHO China Annual Report 2007",
    "url": "https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2008/0418/ltn20080418507.pdf",
    "date": "2008-04-18",
    "notes": "Primary annual filing. Printed pp. 2-3 summarize build/sell/service model; pp. 36-37 show 3,324,100,000 shares / 63.529% trust-linked interest; p. 84 note 22(c)(ii) records 1,482,413,000 NEW shares issued at HK$8.30, equal to HK$12,304,027,900 gross before issue costs. This is company fundraising, not founder take-home pay, and excludes proceeds from existing shares sold by other holders."
  },
  {
    "id": "ZX07",
    "title": "SOHO China corporate milestones",
    "url": "https://classic.sohochina.com/en/milestones",
    "date": "Undated; accessed 2026-10-18",
    "notes": "Primary chronology: predecessor founded 1995; SOHO New Town launched/developed 1998-2001; entry into Shanghai with The Exchange acquisition in August 2009; transformation announcement August 16, 2012. Milestone page lists planned retained area differently from contemporaneous interim filing, so scripts omit that projected area."
  },
  {
    "id": "ZX10",
    "title": "SOHO China Interim Report 2026",
    "url": "https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0928/2026092800426.pdf",
    "date": "2026-09-28",
    "notes": "Latest reporting checked as of 2026-10-18. Six months ended June 30, 2026; printed p. 40 rental income RMB633.025m vs RMB688.027m (calculated -7.996%, rounded -8%); pp. 13-15 same 3,324,100,000-share / 63.9309% trust-linked stake, not two separate 64% stakes; p. 19 Zhang executive director; p. 22 auditors review emphasis on material going-concern uncertainty, RMB7,300.1m net current liabilities and RMB14,888.7m borrowings. Reviewed interim statements are unaudited."
  }
]