> Does anyone have any experience with Qwen or any non-Western LLMs?

I use GLM-5.1 for coding hobby project, that going to end up on github anyway. Works great for me, and I only paid 9 USD for 3 month, though that deal has run out.

> my data won't be used for training

Yeah, I don't know. Doubt it.

$20 for 3 months is still far better than alternatives, and 5.1 works great