On Feb 24, the third Light Up Newcastle to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year was held at Harbor Square’s Maritime Center in Newcastle, the second largest city in Australia’s New South Wales.
A lively temple fair themed “Happy Chinese New Year, Beautiful Chinese Spring” was held at the Central European Trade and Logistics Cooperation Center in Budapest on Feb 17.
On Feb 11, an evening gala themed “Focus in Africa, Happy Chinese New Year” was held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The British department store group House of Fraser (HOF) decorated seven of its stores across the country with window and interior displays themed after the Year of the Dog from Feb 12-22.
On Feb 12, a photo exhibition, The Chinese Story, opened at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library and Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library at the University of Toronto.
A group of Chinese teachers from the Confucius Institute headquarters (Hanban) in Mauritius stage a qipao show during the “2018 Happy Chinese New Year” celebration at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Mauritius, Feb 20, 2018.
On Feb 19, an evening gala, Happy Chinese New Year: Impression of China, debuted successfully in Purmerend, the Netherlands. As a major event for the 2018 Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in the country, the gala was presented by the Shenzhen Arts Company from South China’s Guangdong province.
Thousands of participants paraded along the streets in Vancouver's Chinatown Sunday to celebrate the Year of the Dog, attracting over 100,000 spectators.
Capacity crowds flock to Los Angeles landmark to catch colorful lion dances and musical performances.
The Confucius Class of the Wellington East Girls' School held a special activity Feb 16 to teach students dragon and lion dances.
An art troupe from China, Little Red Flower, gave a performance in Preston, Britain on Feb 20. Mayor of Preston Brian Rollo and his wife attended the event, along with 700 locals.