In my experience, most buildings in China don't skip all floors ending in 4, they most commonly skip the 14th floor since the pronunciation of 14 in Chinese is similar to the pronunciation of 'want to die'. Many buildings, such as the ones in my apartment complex, don't even skip 14. You also see buildings, especially those owned by Hong Kong companies, that skip 13 as well, so the elevator numbers go directly from 12 to 15.
The only place I've seen the 1st floor being the first floor above ground outside of the UK / Ireland is Hong Kong - they don't even seem to do that in Singapore.
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