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In some places people are rude if you don't know their language; it also depends if the individuals you are dealing with are locals or expats; therefore you can't generalise the whole country based on limited interactions.
For example, in Malaysia people in Langkawi are very friendly vs KL where it's less friendly. it is always different from one place to another within the same country; in USA, SF is friendlier than NYC...