>"The American elite thought that Asians, when they became middle-class, would then be like them, and are disappointed when they are not."

https://www.noemamag.com/refreshing-western-liberalism/

This is actually not true. Asian #elite is very similar to the American or any other of the global world 1% elites.

All #elite regardless of its origin: #hereditary, #economic or #political has these two things in common:
1⃣ They want to preserve the elitist position for themselves and their families, and
2⃣ They really don't care about anything else.