"In China, I see my Chinese colleagues get plastered all the time from drinking during lunch. If I were to do that,

it would be seen so favorable

. That is all I am saying."

I presume you mean the Chinese think it's acceptable for them to get plastered @ lunchtime, while they would make trouble for foreigners who chose to follow their bad example.
Just like - don't do as I do, do as I say.
I used to drink between 2 and 4 bottles of cheap (and weak) Chinese beer with my spicy lunches before teaching in the afternoons, usually just 2 bottles. Hardly sufficient alcohol for me to get plastered. I also had chewing gum before teaching. My TA never twigged I'd been drinking. But the Chinese drink that strong vile rotgut sickly-sweet paint stripper stuff they call baiju.
BTW, I eat spicy mutton hot pot every day, usually @ dinnertime!