Beijing recently unveiled the CR450. This next-generation high-speed train sets a new benchmark—not just for China, but globally.

Germany’s vocational system is envied globally—yet today, fewer students use it, opting for universities instead. Ironically, China is now trying to replicate the German model to solve its own education crisis.

You can feel it in the numbers, the energy, the direction of innovation: Asia’s not rising—it’s already here.