Chinese companies are literally the state of China.

So the question is "How much do I trust Xi Jinpeng (or whoever is the chosen successor)?"

American companies will compromise and work with the government diplomatically. Chinese companies are the government.

Its a key distinction many fail to grasp, and hard to when you are lost in the sauce of constant American political infighting.

It's neither the American nor Chinese LABS I'm weary of, it's their government, both very prone to interference "in the name of national security"

Most of qwen's model is open source, but qwen max is closed source.

Also if you believe that they are not burning billions for charity, in my thinking making the model closed or restricted is the way to earn return on their investment.