How Asia cultures view time is quite different from how we view time in the West. In Asian cultures, time exists but is not determined by people’s actions. Time is in the background, there is usually plenty of it, relationships and immediate needs come first. In the West, our monochronic revolves around clocks, agendas, deadlines. Time is a commodity and needs to be carefully managed. As a result, some cultures move quickly with limited amounts of information, while others move slowly and prefer getting lots of information before taking action.