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It is precisely the opposite. The rejection of Western colonial ideas, like the Enlightenment and the Protestant work ethic led to the results you see today.

That is why China will still be behind the West. The culture does not have integrity. Without integrity, you can never have innovation. You just end up building a society of poor imitators. I see this any time I visit such places. Sadly the United States is becoming like this as well.