What’s different now is the alchemical opportunity to turn intellectual accomplishment into gold and glory. Xi Jinping and the Communist Party have called on the private sector to help develop critical technologies — especially artificial intelligence — and they’ve backed that up with tax breaks, subsidies and supportive policies. Not only can founders like DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng raise millions in venture capital and build businesses, their photos are splashed across state media alongside Xi’s where they’re hailed as national heroes. Indeed, China’s president is a graduate of the school too.
The article notes that American patents have more impact but that feels like fishing imo.
Quote Citation: Saritha Rai, “China’s Tsinghua University Is Beating US in the Race for AI Patents - Bloomberg”, 2025-11-18, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-18/china-s-tsinghua-university-is-beating-us-in-the-race-for-ai-patents?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MzUyMzA1MywiZXhwIjoxNzY0MTI3ODUzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNVhaVDBHUTFZVEIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNTc5RDIwMDZBQjQ0RjRDODkwMTU0M0U0ODMxNkJCNiJ9.9GZX9DNQ6zsJD7iPMnSx7jyyBHlMTeCn3jDWeyEkLS8&leadSource=uverify%20wall