https://whyischina.com/ China, as it actually runs. One ordinary thing at a time — the numbers, the sources, and the long version. en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0800 https://whyischina.com/posts/deepseek-tokens/ https://whyischina.com/posts/deepseek-tokens/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0800 A real billing snapshot: 378.97 million tokens and 1,491 API calls on DeepSeek came to $4.35. The same workload at Western list prices would have cost roughly $843–985.