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What do you think would be the coldest culture in Asia?
I heard a lot of people say Koreans are cold, but I've known Korean people before, and they don't seem too bad. Maybe Japanese? Their social culture seems really reserved and unwelcoming to outsiders
When I think of cold, I think of Eastern Europe or Russians. Ive never been to those places so I dont know if its reslly true, but going off old stigmas, I dont think anywhere in East Asia is very similar. Japanese and to a lesser extent, Koreans, can be distant and reserved to strangers, but I wouldnt call either culture cold in the slightest. They are all far too friendly to be called cold.
What do you think would be the coldest culture in Asia?
I heard a lot of people say Koreans are cold, but I've known Korean people before, and they don't seem too bad. Maybe Japanese? Their social culture seems really reserved and unwelcoming to outsiders
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People in China are loud and extroverted, but are not warm as a culture, at least by western standards. People often feel little reason or obligation to be kind, helpful, or welcoming to people outside of their family or friends, which manifests itself in the extreme with people watching kids get run over and refusing to offer aid for fear of accountability and retribution. Family and friendly relationships tend to be more utilitarian, too.
People in China are loud and extroverted, but are not warm as a culture, at least by western standards. People often feel little reason or obligation to be kind, helpful, or welcoming to people outside of their family or friends, which manifests itself in the extreme with people watching kids get run over and refusing to offer aid for fear of accountability and retribution. Family and friendly relationships tend to be more utilitarian, too.
I noticed that most Chinese people in my building don't even bother saying 'hello' when in the elevator.
I noticed that most Chinese people in my building don't even bother saying 'hello' when in the elevator.
In China people usually do not greet strangers. However if they know each other, even if not familiar, they are obliged to say something. It is actually the same in big cities in the west.
In America, some of them do not speak English and are reluctant to say anything to strangers.
Gosh, a lot of stereotyping going on here :-) Sometimes stereotypes exist for a reason, but I won't get into that. I'll just relate an interesting anecdote of what a Japanese acquaintance told me (and I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it). He said something like this: "if a Japanese person is kind to you and says you are a friend, you can't be sure he/she really means it. If a Chinese person says that, it's probably true."
The comment may just reflect his own personality and life experience. Despite that, it does seem to reflect the importance that Japanese culture places on rules of etiquette, which are more compelling to people who live in that culture. Like so many aspects of human psychology, there can be good and bad aspects.
For the record, I've known wonderful people from both cultures. Also from Korea and other places in East Asia. Perhaps what is important -- and unrecognized -- for many westerners is whether or not one is considered to be in the other person's inner circle.
HK, not a country, the city I know the most, has a cold culture.
If you come from Southeast Asia, the US, the U.K. and Australia, you can see very few smiles in HK. Smiling is not HK culture.
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