CRI听力:Ivanka Trump sends Chinese New Year greetings after embassy visit

Hours after Ivanka Trump's surprise visit to the Chinese Embassy in the United States, the U.S. President's daughter posted video footage of her daughter singing a Chinese song.

Her daughter Arabella has reportedly been learning Mandarin since she was 18 months old.

Ivanka had posted a video about her reciting a poem from ancient China around the Chinese New Year in 2016.

In her tweet, Ivanka also used the Chinese characters "xin nian kuai le" (meaning Happy New Year) to send Chinese New Year greetings, while her father, Donald Trump, did not send his New Year greetings to the Chinese community as many former U.S. presidents did before.

Many in the Chinese community think the President was being disrespectful by not sending a greeting.

An Gang, a member of the academic committee of the Pangoal Institute, a Beijing-based think tank, told the Global Times: "At this moment, Donald Trump is shaping and reinforcing his tough image on immigrant issues, so he doesn't want to send the wrong signal by delivering New Year greetings to the Chinese."

Ivanka Trump made a surprise appearance at an event held in the Chinese Embassy in the United States in Washington D.C. on Thursday to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

"Although Ivanka can't officially represent the US government, this activity is unusual," Xin Qiang, deputy director of the Center for US Studies at Fudan University, said in a Global Times report.

"In the past, US president's New Year greetings were normally addressed to Chinese Americans because they can vote for them, but Ivanka's appearance at the Chinese Embassy amounts to a direct greeting to China," Xin said.