<p>Right. But prestige in Asia isn’t based off anything real, just vague, general impressions of what’s popular, so who cares? It’s like reading PEOPLE magazine and concluding that Paris Hilton is the most prestigious person in the world because look, she’s mentioned 20 times.</p>
<p>From everything on here, it appears that Asians think that if something is prestigious (=I’ve heard of it), it’s good … and if it’s not prestigious (=I haven’t heard of it), it can’t be any good. But that’s illogical thinking. There are plenty of lesser known “things” that are very high quality – from clothing to handbags to vacation spots to colleges. Why should anyone respect such illogical thinking and want to kow-tow to it?</p>