Tsinghua

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Tsinghua is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between April 06, 2022 and December 09, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “Tsinghua administrator who came up with the alumni promotion scheme”; “including those loyal to him because of the Tsinghua connection”; “Some universities like Tsinghua also have extremely low acceptance rates”. It most often appears alongside America, US, 417th Marquess of Cornwallshireshire.

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  • Category: Organizations
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: April 06, 2022
  • Last seen: December 09, 2022

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

April 06, 2022 · Original source
Or maybe Xi used his Shanghai support to get absolute power, and then once he got it he turned on his old supporters. 3: Tsinghua University Has a Really Good Alumni Relations Department? I realize this is a weird thing to attribute the rise of a dictator of the world’s largest country to, but this is sort of the conclusion of The Rise Of The Tsinghua Clique: Cultivation, Transfer, And Relationships In Chinese Elite Politics.
One thing that confuses me about this explanation is that Xi quickly pivoted from the champion of the Shanghai Gang to having his own faction, sometimes called the Xi Gang or the Tsinghua Gang.
I realize this is a weird thing to attribute the rise of a dictator of the world’s largest country to, but this is sort of the conclusion of The Rise Of The Tsinghua Clique: Cultivation, Transfer, And Relationships In Chinese Elite Politics.
December 09, 2022 · Original source
I've never seen any compelling evidence that this actually improves the quality of graduates, by the way. Some universities like Tsinghua also have extremely low acceptance rates. But the University of Tokyo, the most prestigious university in Japan, accepts about 35% of applicants. Oxford accepts about 20%. The doctors, engineers, professionals, academics, etc graduated by those schools are perfectly competent in my experience. And I'm not really aware of anyone who argues otherwise.