The_differences_between_Western_friendship_and_Chinese_friendship.doc

A study on the differences between American friendship and Chinese friendship Friendship is referring to a relationship between friends or the state of being friends. People are social animals and can not be divorced from social groups. Keeping in the community with people has become an important part of life in this big group. Both China and Western view friendship as treasure .With the development of Reform and Open Door and economic globalization, China has been increasingly frequent communicating with Western countries; especially with the America that is to reach a new stage. With growing number of Chinese students in America, and the 2008 Olympic Games held in China which made relations between Chinese and American a priority. In this situation, the friendship between our two peoples with different customs of different cultures has also been tested. What’s the difference in friendship between Chinese and American? Why there are so many puzzled for the Chinese students in the friendship of the Americans. In this paper, these questions will be talked. The differences between Americans and the Chinese view of friendship Social culture in china and American is not the same.?Collectivist culture of Chinese society is playing a leading role in the society, and society is the individual culture of America play a decisive role in the community. People as an individual in society have two different components of self constitutive element: independent and interdependent constitutive element of self. In the individuals culture, independent element of self structure stands the leading role. While in the collective culture, interdependent constitutive element of self makes the leading role. To the people who put the emphasis on independent self-configuration element, the important task is the pursuit of uniqueness. On the other hand, self-structure with interdependent elements are usually regarded as the self-integrated part of social relations. The emphasis on interdepen