The Chinese prefer instant messaging to e-mail. Liang said that as a culture the Chinese prefer instant communication and have long shunned other delayed messaging devices like answering machines.

• 比起用电子邮件,中国人更喜欢用即时短信。作为一个文化,中国人偏好及时沟通,长期排斥类似回答机器的其它延迟发信的装置。