KATHERINE~ week 8 reaction~

     Last Friday's class was interesting and inspiring! Thanks to Yoyo and Katreena 's useful presentation! Regarding to long and short orientation, it was quite shocking to find out how big the differences between the western people and eastern people are. Cultures really have big influences on people's views on future, such as money saving, leisure time and even their criteiras for spouses.

      As for extra money, most Asains prefer to save them immediately for further uses however westerners tend to spend their money as much as they want. This can also be proved by governments' fiscal policies. Take the U.S. as an example, during depressions the Federal Reserve usually print more money and stimulate expenditure,however China would adjust interest rate instead. What's more, leisure time is very important for westerners but Aians would like to spend more time working so as to earn more money for the future. In terms of social lives, Asians regard family background of their futures partners as an important criteria but westners consider their feelings as the most important thing . 

      Really looking forward to exploring more dimensions of different cultures in the coming classes!