Different Use of DNA Testings in Different Countries

After we talked about how ancestry DNA testing is so popular in the US whereas iit's not in other Asian countries, I got more curious about it so I googled different DNA testings and which DNA testings are popular in which countries and I found some interesting results.

When I googled DNA testings in China and other Asian countries like Korea and Japan, there were many articles and news about how some Asian people use DNA testing to identify genetic gifts in young children. For example, CNN reported China's DNA testing to identify a child's IQ, emotional control, memory and other abilities (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/china.dna.children.ability/).
This is not just about China, but about other Asian countries as well. I saw some articles about attempts to predict the future of a child by identifying his/her genetic codes in Korea.
Also I found one Korean site having some articles about ancestry DNA testing in the US. The connotations of the articles show that this kind of testing is something that happens outside of Korea, something that Korean people wouldn't do. After all this, I wondered if there is some information about American people trying to identify DNA of their children but I rarely found any.

I think this also shows the cultural differences. Most East Asian parents have a relatively excessive zeal in educating their children and wanting them to excel in academic areas and other. They invest relatively more money in children education even when they don't have enough money saved for their retirement. They think how their kids do in school and after they graduate is really important and contributes to the images of themselves. But as we discussed in class, the people from the West are more concerned about where their origins lie when it comes to DNA testing.

It's just so interesting to me how we can see cultural differences in the fields of science!