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Chinese Culture VSAmerican Culture about Time
As it is,language reflects culture.
But besides,the languages,time does contribute a lot to the understanding between different cultures.This silent language is telling us a lot.
What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? Thats an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth.
Punctualty
Meeting
In business meeting,
5 minites late is OK in America..In China,if one is going to be late,no one will know how much time he or she will be late.
Class
In America,teacher could be late(at most for 20 minutes) and the students should wait for him or her.In China,students feel that the teachers bear the unshakable responsibility to arrive on time,or they will be absent in 10 minutes.
Dinner
Chinese visitors refer to come as early as possible to help the host to prepare the dinner.The Americans would come a little later than the appointed time so the host could get a better preparation
Punctualty
Chinese people are more costumed to Polychronic-Time
Chinese people used to do several things during a time
Punctualty
While Americans are used to Monochronic-Time
Americans prefer to do one things at a time.
Waiting
Chinese
In China,people are willing too wait. They believe that waiting can maintain good relationship. The time they spent on waiting may not contain much massage.
American
While in west culture,waiting is a waste of time. Americans have no tolerance to waiting too long.And the time spent in waiting may contain some massage such as someone is inactive. If some one want to be successful,he or she will not make others to wait.
Now in some big cities of China,such as Peking,Guangzhou,Shanghai,etc,people begin to use timetable in work, China is crossing the boundary from Polychron
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