One thing is non-controversial though, work life balance is just not a thing for for engineers or engineering managers in Taiwan. or most other places.
It goes both ways. I am a non-asian manager but my asian employees don't seem to say no to unreasonable request. I've actually had to talk to some of the younger employees about burnout.
I don't understand why it is okay for anyone .. employees or managers to be tortured.
And in Asia, there are too many people ‘to worry’ about burning just one of them out.
Have you seen burnout arise solely from "too many hours worked", or has it tended to be coupled with other factors (like lack of control / agency, goalposts that keep moving such that they never get achieved, coworker disagreements, toxic office politics).