Compar ed its concept,law limitation,the attitude of the privacy and different expres sion on the timespace between the two countries,this text simply analyzes the re ason of these differences.

• 本文比较了中美文化中隐私的概念、法律的界定,中国人和美国人对隐私的态度,中美文化中隐私在时空行为上的不同表现,简要分析了中美隐私观差异的原因。