Foreigners feasting on festive delights

He Na, Tang Yue and Zhang Yuchen in Beijing seek expatriates' views on the Lunar New Year celebrations.

A growing number of expatriates are choosing to work, study and live in China, lured by increased opportunities for exchanges in cultural and economic fields in the three decades since the pace of reform and opening-up accelerated.

In 1980, fewer than 20,000 foreigners had lived in China for more than six months, according to the Ministry of Public Security.