The Cultural Section of the Chinese Embassy in Britain held an official reception and a press conference on Jan 20 to mark 'Happy Chinese New Year'.
Just as the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing united the whole world with "one dream", today, Chinese New Year is becoming a world festival.
One of the top Chinese-American-owned dance groups in the US staged a celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year by combining Chinese traditional dances with Western styles.
With the approaching of the year of the sheep in the Chinese lunar calendar, the "Happy Chinese New Year, Charming Beijing" event will kick off at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on the afternoon of February1, 2015.
A cultural exchange event, Chinese New Year Celebration and Kung Fu Show, was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on Jan 20. A total of 12 martial artists from the Chinese Wushu Association and some famous South African singers presented a cultural feast to Johannesburg residents.
The area of international departure of O.R. Tambo International Airport, was decorated for the first time by Chinese lanterns and other Chinese articles Thursday to welcome the coming Chinese Spring Festival.
The New York Philharmonic will once again be celebrating the Lunar New Year with a performance featuring Chinese composers and musicians at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.
Canada Post issues a theme stamp named Year of the Ram, which marks the beginning of "Happy Chinese New Year", a series of cultural events initiated by Ministry of Culture to celebrate the Spring Festival overseas in Toronto.
The China-Chile Culture Year started with the 22nd Santiago a Mil art festival on Jan 3.
According to the MCPRC (Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China), a series of cultural events on the theme, "Fantastic Art China", will make their debut as the national brand in the Big Apple in 2015.
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