Officially the Lunar New Year begins on February 10th, but here at CGTN and our parent company China Media Group, we can't wait to get the party started, and in New York we did just that!

A prelude to the Lunar New Year got off to a roaring start in downtown Manhattan and CGTN's Nathan King was there to catch the anticipation for the Year of Loong (Dragon).

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