As an East Asian, let me say that this sentiment is not shared by everyone. In a place like Korea, if you say that freedom of speech and protest is a western thing, you'll be ridiculed as hopelessly reactionary. We fought for (and continue fighting for) democracy and freedom not because they're western things, but because they're human things.
You might as well say heliocentrism is a western thing and Asians should be taught the earth is the center of the universe.
Don’t you think it’s a rather large coincidence that western countries just so happened to discover these “human things” and insofar as these ideas were adopted in Asia, it was after extensive intervention by western countries? In the case of south korea, for example, after military occupation by the U.S.?
Heliocentrism is an observable fact about the universe. Can you show me democracy and freedom of speech in a telescope or microscope?
You might as well say heliocentrism is a western thing and Asians should be taught the earth is the center of the universe.