Stubborn Persistence: The 2026 AGI Race & China’s Path to AI Leadership

Stubborn Persistence Might Win the Race – A Plain-English Walk-through of the Tsinghua AGI-Next Panel Keywords: next step of AGI, large-model split, intelligence efficiency, Agent four-stage model, China AI outlook, Tsinghua AGI-Next, Yao Shunyu, Tang Jie, Lin Junyang, Yang Qiang Why spend ten minutes here? If you only have time for one takeaway, make it this line from Tang Jie: “Stubborn persistence might mean we are the ones left standing at the end.” If you also want to understand what the leading labs are really fighting over in 2026-27, read on. I have re-organised the two-hour panel held on 10 …