Oddly, having worked with a couple of young folks from Singapore a ways back, I 'm thinking this is to be expected. They appear to raise their offspring with an uttlerly different attitude toward 'responsibility' and 'integrity'. Mind you it was only a couple of youngsters, but I appreciated their candor and integrity at the time. And it (only slightly) changed my attitude toward the rest of the world for the better.
)there *is* a reason I use the Grumpy Old Fart icon so liberally(