The difference between American friendship and Chinese friendship

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Nowadays, with the development of economic globalization, China has been communicating with western countries frequently, especially with the United States. In this situation, people have a discussion about the different friendship between the two countries with different customs .what's the difference between American friendship and Chinese friendship?

People from the United States seem to be friendly when they meet for the first time, and they are always ready to make new friends. They can easily chatting with strangers, exchanging information about their families, hobbies and others. What’s more, they often visit to their new neighbors, play interesting sports with them, or even invite them to their family party. Sometimes they make friends just basing on their common .when the shared activities ends, their fresh friendship maybe fade too.

At the same time, Americans don't like their friends being curious about their privacies, such as the salary and diseases. Because they think that it is just their own things, not their friends' business. If you try to find the privacy from them, most probably, they will consider that you are impolite. If their friends get into some troubles, Americans are always willing to help them .but if you want to borrow some money from your friends, it seems to be impossible .and they will recommend you to borrow from bank.

Friends and friendship in the eyes of Chinese is somewhere different from the Americans. For most of the Chinese, the definition of friend and friendship is quite clear in their heart. They

own the friendship with like-minded friends who share the similar interests and personalities, otherwise they can not be real friends and they can only be regarded as ordinary.

Just as a Chinese saying proverbs:’ a life without a friend is a life without a sun''. when their friends are in troubles ,Chinese people often lend a hand to them, and offer their support and encouragement .but sometimes they show too much concern for their friends so as intervene other's privacy or interfere with other 's decisions. If a friend asks to borrow some money, Chinese is probably thinking that he has no chance but to lend even if he doesn't mean to it. For Chinese people, they think that no road is long with good company. They need their friends to be loyal to them.

So, in my views, the people of China and the United States in order to better to communicate and make friends, they must do more to understand each other’s different social habits and learn more about culture differences.