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The Bridge Builder Blog


New York’s Streets Are Dirty. Tokyo and Shanghai’s Are Not. Here’s Why.
After ten years in Shanghai, I sometimes forget how rare this level of cleanliness is in a city this size.


China Started a Green Revolution. Nobody Talks About It.
I knew what an N95 mask was long before most of my German friends. I breathed Shanghai’s polluted air a decade ago. That has changed—and the world should start paying attention.


China Builds the World’s Fastest High-Speed Train. Europe Is Just Watching.
Beijing recently unveiled the CR450. This next-generation high-speed train sets a new benchmark—not just for China, but globally.


China Doesn’t Want Their Youth to Go to University. Here’s Why.
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.


The DeepSeek Shock: Why Asian Startups Are Outpacing the Competition
I’m sitting in one of Shanghai’s 10,000 cafés with a German startup investor visiting China for the first time. For 90 minutes...


SKY WARS: China’s Drone Industry Just Made History
China made history by granting the world’s first operational certificates for autonomous passenger drones.


Why We’re Living in the Asian Century (and Europe’s Still Asleep)
You can feel it in the numbers, the energy, the direction of innovation: Asia’s not rising—it’s already here.
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