These differences can be noted for the most part in people's behavior and attitudes. The major difference between eastern and western culture is that people in the east are more conservative and traditional than the general population in the west. East meets west at the Prime Meridian, zero degrees latitude, the north-south line which passes through Greenwich, England. When you think East meeting West, the mind instantly leaps to fusion dining or a mixture of oriental and western values as manifested in behavior, dressing and thinking.
I searched for the exact sentence and didn't find it, then I tried to look in dictionaries for the word ... Professor William George is fusing Western understanding about leadership with Eastern wisdom about the mind to teach leaders to be self-aware and self-compassionate. OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,: Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth! Unity: Where East Meets West By Robert Brumet . This article, which appeared in Unity Magazine, describes how the Unity philosophy may be seen as a synthesis on Eastern and Western spiritual teachings.