Are Asian cultures more materialistic than Western cultures?

The top being the most materialistic, and the bottom the least, but all the places seemed more materialistic than Japanese, and far more than Americans or Western Europeans. Money is prized in Chinese culture, mainly for what you can buy with it, so that you can publicly show off your status and gain "face". read more

According to a new study, individuals from Western cultures are more willing to express positive emotions than those from Eastern cultures. “All around the world, people should generally want to feel positive emotions and avoid feeling negative emotions,” said Yuri Miyamoto of the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. read more