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Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce
Countries such as malaysia, singapore, china, or hong kong have a thing they call "losing face." To lose face is a huge taboo in these countries.
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I guess I usually interpret this as pride in one's country. To showcase their country's athletes, they're willing to spend money. Now granted, I know that a lof of countries aren't democratic, and thus taxpayers don't really have any choices, but there are countries like Austrailia and the US who are democratic, and their taxpapers are willing to fund it.
I guess what annoys me is, Canada spends money on stupid stuff like the gun registry, which IMO is completely useless. I would have rather saw that money go towards developing athletes.