Saving face is off the scales important to them
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Interesting you should say that. I once had a colleague who was from Taiwan who said the same thing. I didn’t really appreciate how important this cultural trait was to them until hearing it from someone who lived there. Saving face is close to an obsession with them.
All Asian communities/citizens are obsessed with ‘appearances’...hand in glove with wealth.
I saw An Asian guy put on a huge musical engagement ordeal....she walked away saying No!.....because the diamond he gave her wasn't large enough. Asian women size each other up based on their skin, dress, hair, and the wealth of thier husbands or families...and they are highly competitive among each other. When it comes to the Asian have and have nots... for Asians it's a matter of respect, station in life, and advancement on where you sit in the culture train.