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Perhaps they don't want to get their hands dirty.
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Sanitation reasons?
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Cleanliness
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Your Chinese neighbors are probably also wearing a long sleeved shirt/blouse and hat. This is an attempt to minimize tanning, age spots and skin cancer due to UV exposure. The Chinese also see a tanned person as lower class, farmers. The risk of skin cancer is a more recent concern that reinforces the old ways. Here is a link (see the second paragraph): http://www.skincancer.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=368
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Why don't you just ask them? They are your neighbours, after all.
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a tribute to Michael Jackson?
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