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I don't understand why Indian members are laughing at this, cause India is facing the the exact same challenge. Take media distortion aside, what Hu meant was not rejecting Western dress, food, science, class Western music etc. Instead, he is talking about certain western culture element like over individualism, including drugs, certain reality shows, girls over exposing themselves, care free sexes etc that are against traditional eastern values that are shared by Indians as well. For instance, both Indians and Chinese believe that the children should take care of their parents but this value is definitely threatened, at least in China. Actually even in United State religious people are against certain reality shows and pop songs. This has nothing to do with inferior complex etc. It is just a struggle between traditional value vs modern materialism that is addictive.
It only becomes an issue if you start "disowning" your own culture.