China needs academic shake-up for more innovations like DeepSeek, scholar says

China’s doctoral education has long been under attack for overemphasising the number of published papers, along with their lack of groundbreaking research findings. At a recent forum in Beijing, a noted academic blamed the system for shackling talent and hindering innovation.
“Can you imagine the emergence of DeepSeek, if its founder Liang Wenfeng had pursued a PhD instead?” That was the question raised by Wang Shuguo, president of eastern China’s Fuyao University of Science and Technology, at…