Afriendasksme“Whydon'tChinesegoDutch?”SoIwanttoregardthisquestionasthetopicandwriteanarticle．Aseveryoneknows，westernerswillgoDutchwhilehavingamealintherestaurant．ButChinesedon'tgoDutch．Chinesewillpaythebillandcheckoutgenerously．Westernersdon'toftenentertainguests；butChineseofteninvitefriendstodinner．Alotofwesternersfeelpuzzledtothisquestion．

Whydoesthereexistsuchadifference?Firstofall，foodsystemsbetweenChinaandWestaredifferent．ChineseputintopracticeGatherDiningSystem；westernersputintopracticeIndividualDiningSystem．EverybodycansharethedeliciousfoodofalloverthetablewheneatingChinesefood．Pleasenoteitissharing，butwesternersjusteatthefoodinone'sownplate．Ifyoueatbeefandheeatschicken，itisimpossiblethatyoutastetheflavorofhischicken．The resultoftheIndividualDiningSystemisthatyoucanonlyeatthefoodinyourplate．

SotoeatChinesefoodishappierthantoeatWestern-stylefood．AndIwanttoaskyouaquestion．Doyoulikethefreething?Ithinknobodydoesn'tlikethefreething．Ok!SupposeIinviteyoutoeatthedeliciousChinesefood，thenIpaythebill．ThisisequivalenttothatyouhaveenjoyedadeliciousChinesefoodfree．Soyouwillbeveryglad．Itwillstrengthentherelationbetweenusinthehappyatmosphere．

Secondly，westernerseatforthehealth；Chineseeatforthefriendship．Westernersadvocateindividualismandindependenceisstrong．Sowesternersexpressthatrespectforeachother'sindependencethroughthewaygoDutch．Chineselikemakingfriendsandsolidarity．Chinesevaluetheinterpersonalrelationshipsandthefriendshipverymuch．

Third，itisonlysimple“Haveameal!”forwesternerstoentertainguests．UnlikethepurposeandthemeansthatChineseentertainguests，inAmericans'idea，“Haveameal”definitionistoaddfueltothebodyforkeepinghealthandnormallifeactivity．Thatistosay，thereisnotanyadditionalvalue．IntheChineseidea，“Haveameal”notonlyisakindoflifeenjoyment，butalsoisthemeanstopromotefriendshipbetweenthefriends．Afterenjoyingthesumptuousdeliciousfood，youareglad，andIamgladtoo．Thefriendshipbetweenthefriendshasbeenstrengthenedinthiskindofatmosphere．