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* ?Chinese and western spring for dinner Why Chinese don‘t go Dutch（各自付账 ）? But ?occidental （西方人）will go Dutch. As everyone knows, Occidental will go Dutch while having a meal in the restaurant. But Chinese dont go Dutch. Chinese will pay the bill and check out generously. Occidental dont often entertain guests; but Chinese often invite friend to dinner. A lot of Occidentals feel puzzled to this question.? Why exists such a difference? First of all, food systems between China and Occident are different. Chinese put into practice Gather Dining System;（集体共享制） Occidentals put into practice Individual Dining System. （个人分餐制） Everybody can share the delicious food of all over the table when eating Chinese food. Please note it is sharing; but Occidentals just eat the food in ones own plate, if you eat beef, he eats chicken. It is impossible that you taste the flavor of his chicken. The result of the Individual Dining System is that you can only eat the food in your plate. It is unable to share. So to eat Chinese food is happier than to eat Western-style food. And I want to ask you a question. Do you like the free thing? I think nobody dont like the free thing. Ok! Suppose I invite you to eat the delicious Chinese food, then I pay the bill. This is sure that you have enjoyed a delicious Chinese food free. So you will be very glad. It strengthened the relation between us in the happy atmosphere。 Secondly, Occidentals eat for the health; Chinese eat for the friendship. Occidental advocate individualism and independence strongly. So Occidental express that respect for each others independence through the way go Dutch. Chinese like making friends ,so they value the interpersonal relationships and friendship very much. There are a lot of saying in China, for example “Depend on parents at home, leave home and depend on the friend!”， “Handle affairs is easy if you have many friends!”， another sentence is the more violent: “Insert the knife into both sides