Mithil Aggarwal is a Hong Kong-based reporter/producer for NBC News.
HONG KONG — A teenager in China performed so well in a math contest, she defeated A.I. — as well as students from prestigious universities including MIT, Stanford, and Princeton. The outpouring of support and shock for the 17-year-old fashion design student was fueled by her humble academic background. Vocational schools in China are not known for academic rigor, and of the thousands of participants, Jiang Ping was the only one who came from a vocational school, state media reported.
Working on advanced math “brings out my desire to explore,” she said in an interview posted by the organizers that gathered more than 4 million views, with most viewers expressing their amazement with the results and questioning if it was real. 'People who can perceive beauty in mathematics and physics are generally at the next level,' wrote one user. 'We must protect and nurture them.
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