For developers & AI video creators outside China
China Access is an English tracker of overseas availability for Chinese video, LLM, image, and agent products — status, whether you need a Chinese phone, payment notes, and short how-tos. Seed data verified . Facts can change; always re-check the source.
Status meanings: Available — workable intl signup/payment path; Restricted — partial, region-limited, or awkward billing; China-only — no practical overseas consumer path; Unknown — not confidently verified (we do not invent facts).
Showing 15 of 15 products · last verified seed date 2026-10-17 · do not treat as legal advice
| Product | Category | Overseas | CN phone? | Payment | Pricing notes | Verified | Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kling Kuaishou | Video | Available | no | International cards (USD via Stripe); Google/Apple SSO | Separate CN (klingai.com) and intl (kling.ai) accounts & credits — not interchangeable | 2026-10-17 | Use kling.ai (intl). Avoid signing up on the mainland portal if you need overseas billing. |
| Hailuo AI MiniMax | Video | Available | no | USD cards; credits / video packages / API billing | Intl portal (hailuoai.video) contracts via Singapore entity; CN vs intl pricing differ | 2026-10-17 | Sign up with email or Google on hailuoai.video. Also check MiniMax API platform for developers. |
| Seedance (Dreamina / CapCut) ByteDance | Video | Available | no | CapCut / Dreamina subscriptions; regional card billing | Model rolls out by region on CapCut & Dreamina; versions and timing differ from Jimeng (CN) | 2026-10-17 | Outside China, use Dreamina or CapCut — not Jimeng. Check your region for Seedance model availability. |
| Jimeng (即梦) ByteDance | Image | China-only | yes | China payment methods only | Domestic creative suite; international counterpart is Dreamina | 2026-10-17 | If you are overseas, use Dreamina (dreamina.capcut.com) instead of Jimeng. |
| Vidu Shengshu / Shengshu Tech | Video | Available | no | Credits / platform billing (intl site) | English UI reported on global site; confirm live pricing on signup | 2026-10-17 | Try vidu.com for English UI and credit packs as a Kling/Hailuo alternative. |
| Wan / Tongyi Wanxiang Alibaba (Tongyi Lab) | Video | Available | sometimes | Alibaba Cloud / Model Studio billing; open weights for self-host | Hosted API via Alibaba Cloud regions; open-weight Wan models also on Hugging Face | 2026-10-17 | Prefer Alibaba Cloud Model Studio intl regions or open weights if DashScope CN signup blocks you. |
| Doubao (豆包) ByteDance | LLM | China-only | yes | CNY plans only (China app stores) | Consumer app listed for mainland CN / HK / Macau; no English overseas consumer product | 2026-10-17 | Overseas teams usually use BytePlus ModelArk for Seed/Doubao-family APIs, not the Doubao consumer app. |
| Qwen / Tongyi Alibaba | LLM | Available | no | Free chat tier; Alibaba Cloud Model Studio / Qwen Cloud for API | chat.qwen.ai is intl (email/OAuth). CN site (qianwen.com) is separate and phone-based | 2026-10-17 | Use chat.qwen.ai (Google/GitHub/Apple). Do not mix with mainland Tongyi accounts. |
| Kimi / Moonshot Moonshot AI | LLM | Available | sometimes | Free web; intl API at moonshot.ai / platform billing | Domestic and international API systems can be separate — keys may not transfer | 2026-10-17 | For API work outside China, confirm you are on the international Moonshot endpoint (api.moonshot.ai). |
| GLM / Zhipu (Z.ai) Zhipu AI | LLM | Restricted | sometimes | Trial tokens; Z.ai / BigModel platform billing; enterprise sales | Partial English UI; open weights available. Intl route often via z.ai rather than open.bigmodel.cn | 2026-10-17 | Try z.ai for the international surface; fall back to open weights if hosted signup is blocked. |
| DeepSeek DeepSeek | LLM | Restricted | sometimes | Official top-up often Alipay/WeChat/UnionPay; gateways accept intl cards | API endpoint reachable globally if you have a key; account funding is the common overseas friction. Open weights widely available | 2026-10-17 | Chat may work with email; for API, verify live signup. Many teams use open weights or OpenAI-compatible gateways when official billing fails. Sources disagree on whether official platform always requires a +86 number — treat payment/phone as the risk and verify yourself. |
| SenseNova SenseTime | LLM | Available | no | Intl Token Plan / platform billing (verify live on signup) | English site sensenova.ai; OpenAI-compatible token API reported at token.sensenova.ai | 2026-10-17 | Use the international SenseNova site (sensenova.ai) and Token Plan — not only the .cn portal. Confirm account creation and model availability from your country; CN and intl portals may differ. |
| StepFun (阶跃星辰) StepFun | LLM | Available | no | Open Platform / Step Plan billing on intl site (verify live) | English Open Platform at platform.stepfun.ai; OpenAI-compatible API at api.stepfun.ai | 2026-10-17 | Sign up on platform.stepfun.ai and use base_url https://api.stepfun.ai/v1 with your API key. |
| Baichuan Baichuan Intelligence | LLM | China-only | yes | Mainland platform only (CN phone + identity verification) | Hosted API/platform ToS limits use to mainland China; open-weight models remain available for self-host | 2026-10-17 | For overseas use, prefer open weights (Hugging Face / GitHub) or a third-party host — do not rely on the hosted platform. platform.baichuan-ai.com user agreement §12.4: product limited to mainland China use; signup is phone+SMS. |
| MiniMax (Agent / API) MiniMax | Agent | Available | no | Token plans, USD billing on intl platform | Same lab as Hailuo; text/agent/voice stack on international MiniMax hub | 2026-10-17 | Use the international MiniMax hub / API docs for agent and LLM access alongside Hailuo video. |
Kuaishou · Video
Verified 2026-10-17
MiniMax · Video
Verified 2026-10-17
ByteDance · Video
Verified 2026-10-17
ByteDance · Image
Verified 2026-10-17
Shengshu / Shengshu Tech · Video
Verified 2026-10-17
Alibaba (Tongyi Lab) · Video
Verified 2026-10-17
ByteDance · LLM
Verified 2026-10-17
Alibaba · LLM
Verified 2026-10-17
Moonshot AI · LLM
Verified 2026-10-17
Zhipu AI · LLM
Verified 2026-10-17
DeepSeek · LLM
Sources disagree on whether official platform always requires a +86 number — treat payment/phone as the risk and verify yourself.
Verified 2026-10-17
SenseTime · LLM
Confirm account creation and model availability from your country; CN and intl portals may differ.
Verified 2026-10-17
StepFun · LLM
Verified 2026-10-17
Baichuan Intelligence · LLM
platform.baichuan-ai.com user agreement §12.4: product limited to mainland China use; signup is phone+SMS.
Verified 2026-10-17
MiniMax · Agent
Verified 2026-10-17
Release radar — hand-curated notes on launches that matter for overseas users. Not a full news feed (yet).
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.5 video+audio model began subscriber rollout on Dreamina across Europe, Asia, Middle East, and South America — CapCut/Dreamina remain the overseas path vs Jimeng in China.
Source →Official DeepSeek docs highlight V4-Pro / Flash with OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints. Overseas friction remains more about account funding than IP blocks.
Source →International creators keep using kling.ai with email/Google/Apple signup and USD Stripe billing, separate from mainland klingai.com credits.
Source →Alibaba’s English-facing Qwen Studio supports OAuth (Google/GitHub/Apple) without a mainland phone — distinct from qianwen.com / Tongyi domestic login.
Source →Reporting around MiniMax’s newer video line (Hailuo / H3) highlighted hosted access plus plans for open weights — relevant for teams avoiding China-hosted inference.
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