Kristin Liu
  • Chinese students celebrating Spring Festival in Washington, D.C. During Spring Festival Chinese students in Washington, D.C. celebrate in various ways at the school home. CCTV America interviewed students from The George Washington University to talk about their Chinese New Year experience in Washington, D.C.
  • In the kitchen: How to make 5 lucky Chinese New Year dishes From lucky numbers to lucky colors, lucky dates to lucky sayings, Chinese people are all about that “luck”. Certain dishes are eaten during the Chinese New Year because the Chinese believe those dishes will bring good luck to the whole year. The auspicious symbolism of those foods is based on either their pronunciations or appearance. […]
  • Photo Gallery: Chinese zodiac coins Every Lunar New Year, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) releases a zodiac gold coin. In Chinese astrology theory, the calendar has a 12-year cycle, and each year is represented by an animal, beginning with the Year of Goat and ending with the Year of Horse.