Rank/group the Asian peoples in how outgoing/friendly vs how reserved they are

[Gudra]

Originally Posted by chielgirl

AsianRice, get to Chiang Mai more often, it's such an easy city.
My sister lives in Bangkok and Hua Hin so I visit those places, but find my love of Chiang Mai surpassing all.
If you want to spend a few days in CM on your own, let me know and I'll turn you on to my favorite small guesthouse. It's $10/night and lovely with a great location.

Hi, could u let me have details of your guesthouse?

[Tomboy-]

East Asians are reserved within themselves
Unlike Americans talking to strangers who are also Americans.

I was asked why I did not talk to people in a place with many people by an American
I explained it is not culturally acceptable to talk to strangers or some people may be afraid of talking strangers, women more likely.

You hear Asians returning from trips overseas about the locals talking to them because they are foreigners. You hear less about Asians talking to foreigners in Asia. Asians often refuse to talk with strangers of the same country because they don't know you.

Originally Posted by ragnarkar

Least to most reserved in my experience:

Indian
Filipino
Thai
Vietnamese
Chinese (Hong Kong)
Chinese (Mainland)
Chinese (Taiwan)
Korean
Japanese

[cebuan]

The OP is mostly right, but I found the Taiwanese to be incredibly open and friendly. Largely because in those days (90s) many could speak English well enough to feel comfortable in a social relationship. In many respects they had Chinese characteristics, but mainlanders remained timid and standoffish.