From the asian perspective, it's who you were born to, and who you are friends with. Manifests itself a lot in questions of access to the higher positions, car

From the asian perspective, it's who you were born to, and who you are friends with. Manifests itself a lot in questions of access to the higher positions, career growth and so on. It's fairly common to get refused on a promotion because you are a noname and know no one of the right folk. One might have quite a bit of money, and be unable to do anything about a situation, while the other would know someone who cold make a call to someone else who would "call the elevator down" in exchange for a later favor.