There are more Vietnamese than westerners at this handsome place in a colonial-style building with a frangipani-shaded courtyard.

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But is it too raw to be repurposed for good, especially with all the baggage of aiming this at Westerners?

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This can be disconcerting for modern westerners.

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First it was wealthy Westerners who could afford the time and passage to this remote spot in the Indian Ocean.

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This can extend to routine office tasks that Westerners are used to performing themselves.

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The good news is that this mutation is quite common, at least among westerners.

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This rugged country cultivates a toughness and strength that most Westerners lack.

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This is not (merely) dishonest rhetoric designed to fool Westerners, although it has that result.

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Those were pro-government, pro-monarchy activists and spontaneous people who felt their country -- not Westerners, but their country, Jordanians -- had been subject to this attack.

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However, many more complexities have caused companies to shy away from India: it has a unique culture that is very different from that of the West, and westerners often do not realise, and often even ignore, the impact this has on doing business in the country.

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