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Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential.

— F. Sionil Jose

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Asian cultures... place great value on avoiding open expression of disagreement and conflict because they emphasize harmony.

— Deborah Tannen

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

— Martin Yan

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

— Kenneth L. Pike

A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others.

— Jena Malone

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

— Hu Shih

As an East Asian looking at America, I find attractive and unattractive features. I like, for example, the free, easy and open relations between people regardless of social status, ethnicity or religion.

— Lee Kuan Yew

In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.

— Ziyi Zhang

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

— Amy Tan

China is a very brand-intensive society. The reason that brands are so very important is that they are a way to signal social status.

— John Quelch

✗Opposing Perspectives

You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all.

— Joseph Jarman