The Launching of Confucius Institute at Columbia University

More than a century of relations between Columbia University and China were highlighted in a ceremony inaugurating the opening of the Confucius Institute at the New York school.

Lening Liu, director at the Confucius Institute at Columbia University, talks to China Daily about the launching and what it means to China-US relations.

Reporter: Yuhan Liu

Camera: Derek Bosko

Video editing: Yuhan Liu

File picture/video: Caroline Berg & Hu Haidan

Supervising Producer: Calvin Zhou & Yuwei Zhang

Senior Producer: Larry Lee & Ji Tao