I'm going to have to take issue with that, that's not a religious claim at all. It has its roots in the concept of doing unto others only what you would have done to you, which has appeared in cultures throughout history, including thousands of years before Christianity was started, so... yeah not religious, just basic decency.
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It's currently not part of modern Chinese culture. The more sly and cunning one is to more he is lauded over there. Therefore, it is not universal.