Red in China is also used to describe fame. In England, I've never heard of red being related to happiness and good luck like in China, I think you are mistaken there. In England, red is linked to "romance" for obvious reasons and can also be used for "passion", including anger. To "see red" means to be angry.

我的朋友写过一篇论文是关于颜色的。其中有涉及到红色，希望对你有所帮助。 “Red Army” and “Red Brigades” are both terroristic groups in western countries. Western people use the capital term “RED” to indicate “the person supporting Socialism or Communism or the person supporting revolution or radical policies”. And “red under the beds” refers to “the thought of communists are hidden among the masses and they have threatened the safety of the nation”. “Red- hunter” has the same meaning of “the people who persecute communists”. So, in a sense, red becomes the sign of radicalness in politics in western countries. To the westerners “red” is usually related to “danger”, “war”, “blood”, “terror”, and “sensuality”. That people feel horrific of red has its root in the masterpiece--- the Bible. It is known that the Bible is the authority of christianism. It has enormous effects on the whole western cultures. The “red” card is widely used to punish players who act badly in sports and games. There are a lot of idioms including red in English to reflect the specific historical and geographical background. Take “redneck” for example, which originally means “countryside man”, now the word is used both as noun and adjective, meaning “reactionary” or “reactionary attitudes”. Up to now, the “red light district” in a few western nations still has the implied meaning of “whorehouse”. “Red” is always related to “money”. For example, he is in the red or he is gotten into red. (He gets or runs into debt.) Businessmen both in China and West are unwilling to see “red” word, because “deficit” and “in debt” are expressed with red.

In Australia, communists are often referred to as 'reds'.

In western societies, red can also mean "embarassed", because we blush when we feel embarassed. "He turned red when he saw the obvious mistake he had made." Red is also the color of warning. A red flag indicates some sort of danger. In a recent new report about the a man who cheated investors, one line was "the accounting reports should have raised a red flag to the government regulators."

Red in Philippines represents "courage or it can be war". back when Philippines was under invasion of other foreign countries the red(courage/war) color which on our flag was on the top and the blue(peace/unity) one's below of it. When "Independence Day" here were declaired blue was transfered at the top which means the country was at peace and red was transfered below.