Culture is often orchestrated, not organic- https://www.thechinastory.org/yearbooks/yearbook-2013/introduction-engineering-chinese-civilisation/anti-spitting-c

Culture is often orchestrated, not organic- https://www.thechinastory.org/yearbooks/yearbook-2013/introduction-engineering-chinese-civilisation/anti-spitting-campaigns/ https://www.thechinastory.org/yearbooks/yearbook-2013/introd... https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19197078 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19197078 http://www.china.org.cn/english/Life/159407.htm http://www.china.org.cn/english/Life/159407.htm Cheating and queuing woes, you say? https://time.com/4360968/china-gaokao-examination-university-entrance-cheating-jail-prison/ https://time.com/4360968/china-gaokao-examination-university... https://alanrefkin.com/2013/08/13/queuing-in-china/ https://alanrefkin.com/2013/08/13/queuing-in-china/ https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/why-do-chinese-people-cut-in-line https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/why-do-chines... I am reminded of this excerpt from Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism: > In his 1903 book, Evolution of the Japanese, the American missionary Sidney Gulick observed that many Japanese “give an impression…of being lazy and utterly indifferent to the passage of time.” Gulick was no casual observer. He lived in Japan for 25 years (1888-1913), fully mastered the Japanese language, and taught in Japanese university. After his return to the US, he was known for his campaign for racial equality on behalf of Asian Americans. Nevertheless, he saw ample confirmation of the cultural stereotype of the Japanese as an “easy-going” and “emotional” people who possessed qualities like “lightness of heart, freedom from all anxiety for the future, living chiefly for the present.” (...) > This was not just a western prejudice against eastern peoples. The British used to say similar things about the Germans. Before their economic take-off in the mid-19th century, the Germans were typically described by the British as “a dull and heavy people.” “Indolence” was a word that was frequently associated with the Germanic nature." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14885027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14885027