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# robots.txt for City News Service

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.citynewsservice.cn/sitemap-index.xml

# Disallow admin and API routes
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /_next/

# Allow search engines to crawl images
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

# Crawl-delay for non-major search engines
User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10

# Major search engines don't need delay
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: Slurp
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Crawl-delay: 0

# llms.txt for City News Service
# Version: 1.1
# Purpose: Search AI & Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Site-Name: City News Service
Site-URL: https://www.citynewsservice.cn/
Language: en

## Website Description
City News Service is an official English-language city information and news platform.
It provides timely news, event listings, lifestyle features, and practical city service information related to Shanghai and China, primarily for expatriates and international audiences.

## Intended LLM Usage
This website is suitable for:
- Search result summarization
- News aggregation and categorization
- Event discovery and listing extraction
- City information question answering
- Contextual reference for non-commercial informational purposes

This website is NOT intended for:
- Model training dataset creation
- Content rewriting for redistribution
- Commercial resale of full articles

## Navigation Structure
- Home
- Shanghai Daily
- China Biz Buzz
- Quick News
- Features
- Events
- Community
- Contact Us
- Terms of Use
- Privacy Policy

## Core Content Pages
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/                         # Homepage
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/quick-news       # Breaking & Quick News
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/shanghaidaily    # Shanghai Daily Section
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/china-biz-buzz  # Business & Economy News
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/events               # Events listings
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/features            # Feature Articles
- https://community.citynewsservice.cn/               # Community Content

## Branded & Thematic Columns
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/tourism
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/special/living-guide
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/special/iblac
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/special/policy-spotligh
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/special/insiders-guide
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/special/expat-vibe
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/special/home-in-shanghai
- https://www.citynewsservice.cn/special/weekend-escape

## Content Structure (Typical Article)
Articles and news items usually include:
- Title
- Publication date
- Section / Column name
- Main content body
- Related tags or topics
- Source or author (optional)

## Content Priority for Search AI
High Priority:
- /quick-news
- /shanghaidaily
- /china-biz-buzz
- /features

Medium Priority:
- /events
- /special/*

Low Priority:
- /community
- /contact-us
- /terms-of-use
- /privacy-policy

## Crawling Guidance for LLM-based Agents
Recommended:
- Extract factual summaries
- Preserve original meaning and context
- Prefer latest published content when duplicates exist

Avoid:
- Indexing legal or policy-only pages as primary answers
- Treating navigation or UI text as editorial content

## App & Platform Presence
- iOS App Store: https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/city-news-service/id1259040600
- Huawei App Gallery: https://appgallery.huawei.com/app/C100053103
- Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shanghaidaily.shine
- Android APK: https://obj.citynewsservice.cn/download/CityNewsService.apk

## Social Media References
- WeChat: citynewsservice
- Xiaohongshu: CNS_Shanghai
- Instagram: @City_News_Service
- Facebook: City News Service

## Contact Information
Email: info@citynewsservice.cn
Editorial: editor@shanghaidaily.com
Office: 40 Floor, 755 Weihai Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, China