Different values of time between Chinese and westerners Chinese are casual and flexible about treating the time. They can dominate the time according to their wishes as a master. It's not fixed when and where to have a date.For example, it means the time will be delayed when people talk about meeting each other till they come.But in America, people used to be the slave of the time.It is hard to escape the controll of the time in the westen country due to the high pressure and the fast-paced life. It can be showed in the cases below. For many Americans, they will be arrived between 7:05 and 7:15 when the party is set at 7:00.But for Chinese,they are usually late for a long time or earlier than expected yet the host are not in a good preparation. The Americans regard the time as a straight line which can be carved up into shorts.They emphasize to finish the same thing in the time quantum.So the next stuff will be done till the matter before is compolished.That's to say,the time controlls people. However,the Chinese tend to do kinds of businesses within the same time.They will not provide a time ecxept the basilic conference.So it is acceptable with the host that the party is advanced or delayed.