I would say they eat a smaller proportion of meat. Many Asian dishes do have meat but it's just one out of many ingredients, including rice/noodles, vegs, spices, etc. While in the West sometimes we just eat meat with a side of potatoes or whatever, maybe some spices but the majority of the dish by mass is meat.
I agree that it's not necessarily easy to find dishes with no meat at all in Asian countries, though.
It's probably a better strategy to try to convince people to eat less meat per dish (as in many Asian preparations) than to go vegetarian, anyway. At least it would be easier to convince me, that's for sure... if my country had the hawker stalls that they have in Singapore, I would already be eating less meat.
Beef and tofu go very well together. As an ex-vegetarian (from my childhood) it took me a while to get used to seeing tofu (successfully) mixed with meat.
I've had no issues avoiding meat/dairy in when living in Japan[1]/Taiwan/Singapore, and these are all cases where you can find a vegetarian or vegan version of a local dish so you're not missing out on the culture. I know many over there who make it work without issue too.
Korea and the Philippines though... for sure an example of higher difficulty.
[1] Okinawa is slightly harder than mainline Japan due to regional cuisine differences, but even then it's not the end of the world.
Yeah we eat less meat solely because of economical reasons. If we have the means we absolutely add lots of meat on top of those delicious vegetable dishes. We even cook some animal organs because it's cheap and delicious.
Try to not eat meat in Asian countries. My wife gave up being vegetarian while we were over there.
Whether it's Japan, Korea, Philippines, or otherwise, they love meat, in many forms. Especially chicken.
As do I.