I realized that’s what they meant but I was worried that tying low-trust with cheating students from a country that has a tarnished image because of tech scams and low-wage tech workers might paint a different picture to those who don’t know about the term or OPs intent.

Fair, thanks for the clarification.

I find it odd this article doesn't provide any examples of low and high trust societies.

What about using the corruption index and equating it to the trust level?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

Caveat:

> The Index only measures public sector corruption, ignoring the private sector.

It isn’t defined that way, but yes it is strong evidence that people from that society are less trustworthy. People are less trusting when others are more likely to cheat them.

"Strong evidence" = your feelings?

well you tell me, who is defrauding them causing them to trust others less? Are you going to find a way to blame White people for how Indians treat each other?