China's Elite Talent Pipeline Fuels Its AI Push Against the US
China's decades-long network of elite high-school 'genius classes' funnels about 100,000 gifted teens each year into intensive STEM curricula, producing leaders and engineers for top AI firms and startups; with millions of STEM graduates annually and a 2017 policy designating AI as a key growth driver, the program underpins Beijing's rapid AI rise and its challenge to U.S. leadership.
