"...Russian boys are what girls are to the Japanese..."

Wha ? There seems to be a particular cluster of cubicles prone to speculating on race relations at work. I overheard this snippet today, and I'm still puzzling over how it could possibly be correct. I'm fairly certain the speaker was confusing Japan with China, but I have no idea where he would have gotten that Russia bit. Granted I missed the rest of the conversation, but just to give you an idea of this groups' sound logic, last week's quote of the day was an earnest, "I'm sure there are some smart Irish people...".