Yes, maybe it applies to China but definitely not to India.
We put a very high price on family and relatives. Nepotism is rampant here, and people can go to any extent to help/protect their family. I think people in West put the same high value on their friends wrt to family (I think but I could be very wrong about it because of the little exposure I've had).
Funny story. In a recent seminar on road safety the speaker asked the audience "Who here will report their mother to the police if she was involved in a hit and run".
Only three hands stood up out of the whole crowd and all three were Americans. Now while it is admirable, everyone was just shocked that somebody would think of doing that to their own mother. It's just isn't the part of our culture but at least from that anecdote I think it may not be that big of a deal from to a westerner.
We put a very high price on family and relatives. Nepotism is rampant here, and people can go to any extent to help/protect their family. I think people in West put the same high value on their friends wrt to family (I think but I could be very wrong about it because of the little exposure I've had).
Funny story. In a recent seminar on road safety the speaker asked the audience "Who here will report their mother to the police if she was involved in a hit and run".
Only three hands stood up out of the whole crowd and all three were Americans. Now while it is admirable, everyone was just shocked that somebody would think of doing that to their own mother. It's just isn't the part of our culture but at least from that anecdote I think it may not be that big of a deal from to a westerner.