A Chinese school () is a school that is established for the purpose of teaching the varieties of Chinese (in particular, Mandarin and Cantonese), though the purpose can vary to teaching different aspects of Chinese culture such as Chinese art, calligraphy, and martial arts.
 The programs can either be an independent institution or a part of an existing educational institution.
 For example, The Huaxia Chinese School in Great Valley, Pennsylvania operates independently from the Great Valley High School where it is taught.
 However, some programs are part of the school curriculum and is generally a branch of the foreign language department.
 According to various mission statements, many Chinese schools are purposed to preserve traditional Chinese language and culture.
 In 2007, USA Today dubbed Chinese "... is the new English."
 A recent trend in 2011 shows that the Chinese government has also provided funding to U.S. school districts with additional funding on top of funding they already receive from the U.S. government.
 As a result, there has also been concern that the Chinese government may also be infiltrating the education system outside its borders, as some people at a school district in Columbus, Ohio feel it has done.
Philippine Mandarin () is a variety of Standard Mandarin Chinese widely spoken by Chinese Filipinos.
 It is based on the phonology of the Beijing dialect and the grammar of Vernacular Chinese, and is identical to the standard of Mandarin used in the Republic of China, Taiwan that is called "Guoyu" (國語 ).
 In terms of phonology, vocabulary and grammar, Standard Philippine Mandarin is similar to "Guoyu" (Standard Chinese in the Republic of China (Taiwan)) because almost all uses dictionaries and books from Taiwan.
 Many Chinese Filipino schools uses bopomofo ("zhuyin fuhao") to teach the language.
 Philippine Mandarin uses the Traditional Chinese characters in writing and it is seen in the newspapers.
 "Philippine Mandarin" can be classified into two distinct Mandarin dialects: "Standard Mandarin" and "Colloquial Mandarin".
 These two dialects are easily distinguishable to a person proficient in Mandarin.
 "Standard Mandarin" is like the standard language of Taiwan, while "Colloquial Mandarin" tends to combine "Mandarin" () and "Min Nan Yu" (閩南語 ) or Southern Hokkien features.
The CCTV New Year's Gala, also known as the Spring Festival Gala, and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as Chunwan, is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Central Television (CCTV).
 Shown on the eve of Chinese New Year on its flagship CCTV-1, cable channel CCTV-3, satellite channel CCTV-4, second flagship CCTV-7 and CCTV-Children and internationally through the China Global Television Network, the broadcast has a yearly viewership of over 700 million viewers, making it one of the premier television events of China.
In 2008, intimate and private photographs of Hong Kong actor Edison Chen with various women, including actresses Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, Rachel Ngan, and Cecilia Cheung, were unlawfully distributed over the Internet.
 The scandal shook the Hong Kong entertainment industry and received high-profile media attention locally and around the world.
 Many local newspapers headlined the story consecutively during the first fortnight of February 2008, relegating coverage of the 2008 Chinese winter storms to secondary prominence during Chinese New Year.
Chinese New Zealanders refers to New Zealanders of Chinese ancestry.
 They constitute one group of overseas Chinese and represent the second largest Chinese community in Oceania behind the Chinese community in Australia.
 Many Chinese New Zealanders are immigrants along with their descendants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, as well a handful of other countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore who have immigrated from Southeast Asia that include large populations of the Chinese diaspora.
 As of 2006, Chinese New Zealanders account approximately three percent of the total population of New Zealand, and represent the largest Asian ethnic group in New Zealand, accounting approximately 44% of the entire Asian New Zealander population.
M-Girls (), nicknamed Malaysia's version of S.H.E is a four-member Malaysian girl group that was formed in late 2000, mainly releasing Chinese New Year albums every year for the Malaysian Chinese community.
 The group originally consisted of Queenzy Cheng Koon Si (莊群施), Angeline Khoo Yen Nee (邱燕妮 a.k.a. Ah Ni 阿妮, formerly known as Xiao Ni Ni 小妮妮), Crystal Ong Shir Ching(王雪晶), and Cass Chin Yan Zi (陳金燕), who left in 2005 to study but later came back in late 2012.
 Their albums are sold in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Indonesia, the United States and in some other parts of the world.
 In some countries, only their bootlegged albums can be found.
 Due to the increased popularity of online streaming and unlicensed albums, their company StarMedia decided to stop producing Chinese New Year Albums by M-Girls, with their final Chinese New Year album titled "True Joy".
 Their final performance as a group was on 23 February 2014, a couple of weeks after the release of their Mini Album, My Way.
 Although Angeline moved to China to study, the remaining members continued to promote their latest album.
 It was later confirmed that M-Girls would be releasing another CNY album for 2015 called 新春佳期 which translates to New Spring Holiday Pre-orders for their latest Chinese New Year album was announced through social media on 18 November 2016, titled 过年要红红 which roughly translates to The New Year Needs to be Red and will mark the first time Crystal has not released a Chinese New Year album since her debut in 1994.
Nian gao (also niangao; nin gou in Cantonese), sometimes translated as year cake or Chinese New Year's cake, is a food prepared from glutinous rice and consumed in Chinese cuisine.
 While it can be eaten all year round, traditionally it is most popular during Chinese New Year.
 It is also traditionally eaten during the Duanwu Festival.
 It is considered good luck to eat nian gao during this time, because "nian gao" is a homonym for "higher year."
 The Chinese word 粘 ("nián"), meaning "sticky", is identical in sound to 年, meaning "year", and the word 糕 ("gāo"), meaning "cake" is identical in sound to 高, meaning "high or tall".
 As such, eating nian gao has the symbolism of raising oneself taller in each coming year (年年高升 "niánnián gāoshēng").
 It is also known as a rice cake.
 This sticky sweet snack was believed to be an offering to the Kitchen God, with the aim that his mouth will be stuck with the sticky cake, so that he can't badmouth the human family in front of the Jade Emperor.
The 3rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991 was held on February 10, 1991 in Hong Kong.
 The pageant was supposed to be held in the fall/winter of 1990, but delayed until February 1991 to coincide with Chinese New Year.
 Since then, the pageant has been held near Chinese New Year up till 2010, when the pageant reverted to being held in the autumn.
 The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong.
 Miss Chinese International 1989 Kit Wong of Sydney, Australia crowned Singapore's Yen-Thean Leng as the new winner.
 Five years later, Singapore would win the pageant again.
2015 Lunar New Year Cup (), also known as the Lunar New Year AET Cup 2015 () due to sponsorship reason, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
 South China of Hong Kong Premier League were authorised by the Hong Kong Football Association to hold the 2015 event; and New York Cosmos of North American Soccer League were invited to participate.
 It was the first time an American football team had joined this event.
 The football march between these two teams was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 19 February 2015, the Chinese New Year Day.
 The Cup was won by New York Cosmos after a penalty shootout.
Chinese New Year, also known as the "Spring Festival" (simplified Chinese: 春节; traditional Chinese: 春節; Pinyin: "Chūn Jié") in modern China, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
 Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month.
 The first day of the New Year falls on the new moon between 21 Jan and 20 Feb.
 In 2017, the first day of the Chinese New Year was on Saturday, 28 January, initiating the year of the Rooster.

Question: Many Chinese newspapers headlined a  scandal story during the Chinese new year known as what?
Answer: Spring Festival