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<p>It isn’t as big of a factor as it was before 1949 or before. In fact, the lack of filial piety in practice in some East Asian countries is one reason why countries like Singapore and China have passed laws mandating adult children support their elderly parents in old age on pain of legal sanctions.</p>
<p>In Neo-Confucian ideology…if one needs a law to ensure filial piety is carried out in practice rather than moral persuasion/reminders…that means such concepts aren’t being taken very seriously.</p>