To those that are unfamiliar with the Chinese terms,
- 差不多 culture (Chàbùduō) = Fail Fast, Fail Often Culture
- rely on 关系 here (Guānxì) = rely on the old boy network here
- 差不多 culture (Chàbùduō) = Fail Fast, Fail Often Culture
- rely on 关系 here (Guānxì) = rely on the old boy network here
差不多 literally means "not much difference". It's usually used by Chinese workers to dismiss shortfalls in quality/quantity that are, in their view, inconsequential. I'm also not sure it's prevalent enough to be a "culture", though I remember reading several-year-old blog posts about it.
To be fair, this happens all the time in the US, that's why we have building codes, building inspectors, etc.