[alfredallan1]

Nor any Asian country whose natives are perceived in the West as being meek/humble or whatever else.

It is just that most immigrants (in the last 3-4 decades) to the US happen to be a self selected group meeting certain stringent criteria of acheivement in one area, which left, in most cases, little room for a “broader” personality, i.e. high acheiving STEM grads.