31. (A) Specifically, individuals in intergroup encounters can effectively communicate if they can manage levels of anxiety and accurately predict outgroup members’ feelings, attitudes, and behaviors. (B) Our work aims to test whether and through what mechanisms their contact with each other can contribute to intercultural communication effectiveness that is increasingly considered as a pivotal student outcome in the globalized world featured by interconnectedness and interdependence. (C) China is now the third largest host country of international students, just behind the U.S. and UK. (D) To fill in the gap, our work presents two studies, targeting domestic university students (majority group) and international students (minority group) in China, respectively.