Going to give this thread a lifeline, and hope that it starts attracting interest, as I think this is an important topic. Before I give my thoughts on the matter, I'll point out that I haven't lived in eastern countries for any period of time, and my opinion may not cover certain cultural or societal factors present there. Now with that out of the way I'll address my thoughts on the matter...
Suicide Among Youth
It seems to me that there is an enormous amount of societal pressure to be flawless, inhuman, beings in eastern countries. No doubt this leads to younger members of society being overwhelmed with enormous expectations. I'm sure a lot of them feel that a world where (unofficially) every aspect of your life is decided by your academic performance is no world worth living in, and I don't blame them.
Education
I'm not in a position to say much about their education systems without doing more research first, so I'll leave that topic at this: I find the United States' education system disgusting at best, so China's arbitrary testing systems don't exactly please me either.
I think the problem with sex drive flows into the idea of a society where you must be optimized to maximum efficiency. When people feel like robots, their more human desires go ignored in favor of increasing financial/social performance.
I'd like to hear more about this from others, as discussion on foreign affairs is something I haven't participated in before.