Chinese culture was wiped out during the cultural revolution. The Chinese are just desperate to fill a void. Their preoccupation with westerners means that Christianity is more attractive than other alternatives.
Arabs are well respected people all over the world, even in Latin America. I would rather side with Arabs ( who make one of Brazil's immigrant groups) than Northern pakistani racist.
Arabes and other eastern peoples were very impressive in those days.... Not so much now after centuries of european domination. The modern world was shaped and created almost entirely by Europeans and people of Euro ancestry. That's actually amazing if you think about it.