How to use Chinese AI models from Vietnam

Developers in Vietnam hit the same wall: China's best models (Doubao, Qwen, GLM, Hunyuan) are locked behind mainland accounts and RMB billing. Here is the working path.

The three walls

• Identity: official consoles often require a mainland phone/entity.
• Payment: China-only methods (Alipay/WeChat) you may not hold.
• Format: each vendor has its own API shape.

The fix: one OpenAI-compatible gateway

TideLink terminates the China-side account and payment, exposes a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and bills in USD via PayPal. You keep your existing client.

curl https://447a931e9b6e46249e80a111415cd170.app.workbuddy.link/v1/llm \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"provider":"auto","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hi from Vietnam"}]}'

Model pricing (official 2026)