You don&#x27;t need a research paper to see the similarities. Both are low trust societies with a strong focus on a clan mentality needed for protection from the aforementioned low trust society i.e. bribing officials high and low, using family connections to get access to jobs, real food and real medicine; and so on<p>When I think about it, I feel that it&#x27;s one of the reasons that Asian family ties tend to weaken when they migrate to the West. Societal trust is a lot higher here so there&#x27;s less need to rely on your family.<p>关系 is important everywhere, but it&#x27;s way more important in low trust societies.