Video of Donald Trump's 5-year-old granddaughter reciting Chinese poetry wins hearts of Chinese netizens


In the video, Arabella appears wearing a traditional qipao and stands on a table to recite works by famed Chinese poets such as Li Bai. The Straits Times/Asia News Network

Arabella, who is the daughter of Trump's eldest daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, has been studying Mandarin since she was 18 months old, according to the Daily Mail.

The clip was originally filmed and uploaded on Ivanka's Instagram account on Feb 10, the day before the start of the Chinese Year of the Monkey. The Year of the Monkey ends on Jan 27, 2017.

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