Strangers in Serendipity: When Family Ties Bind Across Borders Chen Jie's decision to help a Taiwanese tourist take a photo on Lugu Lake's shores was about to become a pivotal moment not just for the two men, but also for their families' histories.
Chen had no idea that Fei, the stranger he was assisting, would turn out to be his long lost relative. The story begins in the late 1940s, during China's tumultuous civil war.
That was when Chen's grandfather and Fei's father lived separate lives due to the split between mainland China and Taiwan.