Since we are dabbling in anecdotes.. I am not sure if you are including Indians in this "Asians cheat" assertion. This Indian for one was brought up with the philosophy that knowledge / teachers are identical to God. Whether or not I believe in God is a different question. However it was always clear that cheating in exams was not culturally accepted. Not by a long shot. There is an extremely unhealthy emphasis on grades, but cheating in all it's forms was looked down upon.