Putting your culture first when you can find a better life outwith it is naive, imo.

I do think that since we all have had different life experiences, we can share what we have in common and leave our differences at that. For me, I do not think I would have taken an interest to teach myself Mandarin Chinese to the point of being able to speak, read, and write if I truly felt that the culture that raised me was already superior enough. I don't however need to justify any of my actions to anybody else as my choices were good enough for me. Having lived in more than a couple of countries I made the comparisons based on more than a china vs. west thing. How I feel about where China stands is something I am confident about. It wouldn't matter if I went back to China in the future for anything, that would not change.