Liu Wei, an Enlgish teacher and translator from China, and his wife Sophia Hurst, a painter from England, celebrate this Chinese New Year Eve with family and friends in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. At the party, one of her paintings is unveiled. It took her over half a year to complete this new work which will go to her friend Barbara's Enlgish school. [Photo by Ma Yuhong provided to China Daily]