AI Model Access in China: Domestic and Western LLMs (2026)
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are all officially blocked in mainland China. The workarounds, and why China’s own models — Doubao, DeepSeek, Qwen — now dominate.
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are all officially blocked in mainland China. The workarounds, and why China’s own models — Doubao, DeepSeek, Qwen — now dominate.
A working tracker of where ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and the major Chinese LLMs are accessible across fifteen Asian markets. Last updated April 2026.
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