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Re:For now at least, China's citizens are embracing social-c... by est on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:39AM (#18996474)
> why is cheating endemic in China whereas you don't hear the same complaints about people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore;

Because cheating is a cultural rather than ethnical thing.

There are ethnical Chinese people in those regions you listed, but sure mainland China sailed a totally different cultural course over the last 70 years.

In mainland china, cheating mostly happen because of over competition. If you don't cheat, others will and will crush you in business or academic competition. Cheaters go home for chicken dinner while non-cheaters goes to jail.

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Re:For now at least, China's citizens are embracing social-c... by thrwy_01 on Friday January 25, 2019 @03:52AM (#18996526)
Isnt there a similar level of competition in all of those places?

Also I've met a lot of mainland Chinese people who recently immigrated to the us and can say that they don't seem like unscrupulous people at a significantly greater rate than the general population.

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Re:For now at least, China's citizens are embracing social-c... by ido on Friday January 25, 2019 @04:57AM (#18996804)
The penalties for "losing" are much lower in rich countries.

My grandfather used to say that he left the Soviet Union because he didn't want to live in a country where you have to cheat in order to have a good life.

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