Traditionally Chinese people have lived in a realm where Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism have operated side by side each adding their own flavour to life and one person may favour one over another while recognising the influence of all of them.
Western people now live in an imaginary where Humanism, Christianity and the New Age occupy similar roles, although Westerners are more anxious about Influence from any of the three they find ego-dystonic, perhaps because it is a relatively new arrangement.