Chinese New Year: UAE ambassador’s perspective -Chinaculture.org

</p> <p> </p> <p><em>With the 2019 Spring Festival around the corner, China Daily sat down with ambassadors and diplomats to talk about their understanding of Spring Festival, outlook on bilateral relations, and their New Year greetings to the Chinese people.</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to China Ali Al Dhaheri shared his understanding of Spring Festival: "On New Year's Eve, families and friends gather together to have reunion dinner and enjoy time with each other". The UAE celebrates Chinese New Year every year. He pointed out: "Many landmark buildings in the UAE turn red with Chinese flag, because Chinese believe red brings good luck and happiness to people."</p> <p> </p> <p>As for tourism, he stressed that the UAE aims to increase the flows of people between the two nations. "I hope to see around 2 million Chinese visiting UAE during the year of 2019," said the ambassador. Culturally, the country will carry out the annual UAE-China Week, which will serve to deepen the connection with China through culture, art, and heritage.</p> <p>Producer: Han Lei</p> <p>Production: Feng Minghui</p> <p>Reporter: Hu Zhe</p> <p>Camera: Yu Xiaou & Fu Rui</p> <p>Lighting: Zhou Bing</p> <p>Editing: Yu Xiaoou & Fu Rui</p> <p>Coordinator: Hu Zhe & Zhang Xingjian</p> <p>Subtitles: Hu Zhe & Liu Fang & Li Wenrui</p> <p> </p> </div>  <div class="ar-ad"><a href=http://en.chinaculture.org/SharingChinaShortFilm.html target="_top"><img src=../../attachement/jpg/site1/20180116/b083fe96fa8c1bc7ecb203.jpg border=0></a></div>  <div class="fenx"> <p><a title="分享到twitter" onclick="javascript:bShare.share(event,'twitter',0);return false;" style="cursor:pointer;color:#2e3192;"><img src="../../image/i1.png"></a></p> <p><a title="分享到facebook" onclick="javascript:bShare.share(event,'facebook',0);return false;" style="cursor:pointer;color:#2e3192;"><img src="../../image/i2.png"></a></p> <p><a title="分享到新浪微博" onclick="javascript:bShare.share(event,'sinaminiblog',0);return false;" style="cursor:pointer;color:#2e3192;"><img src="../../image/i3.png"></a></p> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.bshare.cn/b/buttonLite.js#uuid=a92f8285-36fe-4168-8f86-8e177d015e67&style=-1"></script> </div>  <div class="return"> <span class="j_scrollToTop backTop"><img src="../../image/back.png"></span> </div>  <div class="dibu"> <p>Presented by Chinadaily.com.cn Registration Number: 10023870-7<br /> Copyright © <script> var oTime = new Date(); document.write(oTime.getFullYear()); </script> Ministry of Culture, P.R.China. All rights reserved</p> </div> <script src="../../2.files/swipe.min.js"></script>  <script src="../../2.files/channel.min.js"></script> <div style="display:none"> <script type="text/javascript">document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='http://cl.webterren.com/webdig.js?z=16' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));</script> <script type="text/javascript">wd_paramtracker("_wdxid=000000000000000000000000000000000000000000")</script> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { if(document.getElementById("vms_player")){ var ios_url = $('#ios_url').attr('value'); ios_url = ios_url.replace('http://video.chinadaily.com.cn', ''); var ios_width = $('#ios_width').attr('value'); var ios_height = $('#ios_height').attr('value'); var status = is_ipad(ios_url, ios_width, ios_height); } }); function is_ipad(url, width, height){ var url_r = url; var arr = new Array(); arr = url_r.split("output").reverse(); var url_ok=arr[0]; url_ok = url_ok.replace('_800k.flv', '_500k.mp4'); var ipadUrl= "http://videostream.chinadaily.com.cn:1935/app_1/_definst_/mp4:ugc"+url_ok+"/playlist.m3u8"; var androidUrl = "rtsp://videostream.chinadaily.com.cn:1935/app_1/_definst_/mp4:ugc"+url_ok; if((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i))) { $("#play-logo").hide(); $("#openclose").hide(); $("#vms_player").html('<video width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" controls="controls"><source src="'+ipadUrl+'" type="video/mp4"></video>'); return false; }else if((navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i))){ $("#play-logo").hide(); $("#openclose").hide(); $("#vms_player").html('<video width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" controls="controls"><source src="'+androidUrl+'" type="video/mp4"></video>'); return false; } return true; } </script> </body> </html>