In some ways, yes. Definitely not in all ways. Or even most. Otherwise "eastern" wouldn't be automatically connected to words like "pollution" and "counterfeit"

In some ways, yes. Definitely not in all ways. Or even most. Otherwise "eastern" wouldn't be automatically connected to words like "pollution" and "counterfeit" and "territorialism" and "dictatorship" all at the same time. Cherry picking for an article about "Eastern Culture" is pretty common, and this is a great example of it. But it is very, very far from a Utopian answer to the West. Surely vice-versa, too. It's easy to write an article about superiority when you tightly focus on things that don't offend the rest. And I say that, twice acknowledging it's the same opinion is surely and solidly held in both directions. Likewise, "cleanse the mind" while carelessly "destroying the environment" seems quite at odds.