China Stories | An Unexpected Party

In China, there's a fascinating phenomenon I call the "Unexpected Party Effect," which almost exclusively occurs when a foreigner goes out into a less-traveled place in a small town without many foreigners or out in the countryside where there are no foreigners. When off the beaten path, you'll have some unexpected invitations and meet some new people you'd never have met otherwise! And here are just two examples of the many I have experienced: