Friendships

Western people always call people they met as friends, so the definition of friends is more in a general sense. Such as working friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends. But in Asian countries, friends will not be classed into categories. Friendships in Western countries such as the US, have different levels of appreciation shown by people in relation to how much they enjoy spending time with that person. However a more Eastern friendship sometimes will be treated as a responsibility. They generally treat most people with the same level of respect but at the same time if finding they dislike someone, they will try not to meet them again. Furthermore the concept of borrowing money can be an awkward thing to talk about in Western countries. Borrowing money from friends is common in China while it is not as common or an easy topic to talk about in Western countries.

Reference: Sandbox 2015; Asia population, culture and economy. Available at; http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/asia-population-culture-economy.html