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The party is a KTV room
A Chinese night out often means KTV, and KTV is not a bar with a stage. You rent a private room by the hour for your group alone — a screen, a song catalog running to tens of thousands of tracks, a couch, fruit plates and drinks brought in. Everyone sings, including the people who cannot, and refusing your turn is the socially awkward move rather than singing badly. It is where colleagues go after dinner, and where a party continues long after the restaurant has closed.