Get of your soapbox a minute there. Chinese culture is by definition alien in that it is not mine and does not have an overlap with my own heritage. If you think that studying CMA and eating Chinese food gives you some deep insight into Chinese culture then you are deluded. I am not living inside my own little box, and yes I did take comparitive religion classes (but I majored in Islam). I did not say that Chinese culture was inferior, wrong or anything else, so why this unprompted mudslinging?
What I said was that Chinese Culture is fundamentally different from Northern European/American culture and as such it is difficult to draw meaningful parralels between them, and it is virtually impossible to understand specific aspects of Chinese culture by observing them in isolation through the filter of a Western upbringing with Western ideas. What exactly is wong, inaccurate, close minded or racist about that statement? If I showed you an unsoldered piece of circuit board would you be able to appreciate what it did if you didn't have a detailed understanding of computers?