Business style drinking. I have a question about culture. It seems in Korean , Chinese and maybe Japanese culture it is common for businessmen to push other businessmen to drink lots of alcohol. In South Korea I have heard stories of people hiring professional drinkers to challenge prospective customers into drinking lots of alcohol. In many circumstances it is common to drink the entire cup at once and drink 3 cups in a row. When I was in inner Mongolia they would have three shot glasses on a plate. They would pass the plate around. It was typical for each person to do all three shots. As a Western person I'm not familiar with the concept of pushing other people to drink alcohol. It seems that this is a tradition of macho man from the older generation. I would be interested to hear if people have some insights or explanations why it is considered polite to push others to drink alcohol?

I have a question about Chinese culture. Why is it bad to give somebody a towel as a gift?