The Differences of consumption concept Between China and the West Here is a story, in the heaven, the Chinese old lady says, I saved enough money to buy a house for 30 years. The western old lady says, I used thirty years to repay the loan. The story shows the Chinese is usually conservative consumption. Chinese like save money. But the western always enjoy pleasure in good time and life. From the movie, I can see when western visit friends house, he will bring a bottle of wine to friends house