i am just wondering why would life style and cost of living be one of the reason for a western to be paid more?

asians would want to drive an H3 too with GPS, leather seats, 24" chromed mags and sick subwoofers on it, get a booze on weekend all night long and get hooked on a five star hotel, dine at fine steak restaus, watch a movie on 40" with his bluray player or pop up a new PS3 game, make a call on his iphone and send an email thru his macbook, spend a holiday on a beach and take pictures on his DSLR.

lets just accept the fact that life is usually judge by somebody's a** color and not by his qualification. unfortunately, mine was not white. lols. IMHO!!!