Chinese Lunar New Year greeting by Donald Trump’s granddaughter sparks huge media interest

A video showing the granddaughter of US President Donald Trump singing a traditional Lunar New Year song in Putonghua has attracted huge media interest – both in China and the United States, mainland media reported.

Arabella, aged five, was shown singing a traditional children’s song called “Happy New Year” while carrying a Chinese lion dance puppet in the video posted on Twitter on Thursday by her mother, Ivanka Trump, the tabloid newspaper Global Times reported.

The girl was also seen blowing a kiss and bowing to her online audience at the end of the video.

“Arabella singing a song she learned for #ChineseNewYear,” Ivanka Trump wrote in a caption accompanying the 37-second-long video.

“Wishing everyone an amazing year to come during these days of celebration.”

Ivanka Trump then added in Chinese characters: “Happy New Year!”