The 2.50 per million input tokens. DeepSeek V4 Pro charges 0.10/M. Qwen-3-235B sits at $0.20/M. The Chinese model ecosystem has converged on pricing that makes Western frontier models look like luxury goods. The reflexive explanation is "they're dumping to gain market share." That's wrong — or at least, it's only 10% of the story. The

Why Chinese AI Models Are 95% Cheaper — The Economics Explained
Mattias chaw
