Foreigners participate in a challenge to eat unusual examples of Chinese cuisine in Beijing on Thursday. /Chinanews Photo

Twenty foreigners ate snacks considered even by domestic consumers to be weird in taste or have unusual ingredients. /Chinanews Photo

The event was hosted by Raz Gal Or, an Israeli living in Beijing and also co-founder of the Foreigner Research Institute, which creates hilarious online videos about how expats live their lives in China. /Chinanews Photo