Tech-savvy Chinese netizens are no strangers to Midjourney, but so far they\u2019ve been accessing the text-to-image generator through informal means and circumvention methods.<\/p>\n

To access Discord, where the Midjourney bot runs, they need virtual private networks to get around the Great Firewall that bans the social network. Then to pay for Midjourney subscriptions, users without credit cards have needed to seek out agents who help with signup and fund top-up. Credit cards aren\u2019t common in China as the country has largely leapfrogged from cash to mobile payments.<\/p>\n