Ivanka and daughter make surprise stop at Chinese Embassy New Year party
The three then walked into the embassy together, with Arabella clutching her mother’s hand as some 100 guests who were still at the party began to make their way towards the surprise attendees.
Ivanka Trump enjoyed a night out with daughter Arabella on Wednesday as the two made their way to the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC to attend a party celebrating the lunar New Year.
Guests at the event surrounded the 35-year-old daughter of President Donald Trump as she entered the party accompanied by Arabella and their host for the evening, Ambassador Cui Tiankai.
Ivanka’s evening with China’s ambassador to the United States came just two months after her host had some less than kind words to say about President Trump following the news that he had spoken with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan after winning the election and violated the White House’s ‘One China’ policy.
It capped off a busy day for the First Daughter, who accompanied her father to Dover Air Force Base in the afternoon to receive the body of a fallen SEAL Team 6 member and then headed back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Marine One to watch as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was sworn into office.
She then headed straight from the White House to the embassy event, at which her role seemed to be that of White House proxy, much like it was on Saturday when she and husband Jared Kushner attended the annual Alfalfa Dinner.
And Ivanka proved herself to be excellent in her proxy role on Wednesday by bringing along the star of some hugely popular videos in China -- her daughter.
Arabella has appeared in two videos that went viral on Chinese social media after being posted by her mother, including one that has close to 100 million views of her reciting Tang Dynasty poems in Mandarin while dressed in a traditional Chinese blouse.
On Thursday, the morning after the event, Ivanka posted a new video of Arabella performing a song in Mandarin.
Ivanka and Arabella arrived towards the end of the ‘Year of the Rooster’ festivities just as people were beginning to file out of the embassy, with Ambassador Tiankai meeting the two women at their car.
The First Daughter greeted Ambassador Tinkai with a smile and a handshake when he received her outside the event.
The three then walked into the embassy together, with Arabella clutching her mother’s hand as some 100 guests who were still at the party began to make their way towards the surprise attendees.
Ambassador Tankai took Ivanka and her daughter to look at some of the art and handicrafts on display and meet some of the other guests after they arrived at the party.
Arabella was dressed in headto-toe red for the Year of the Rooster event, and wore the same custom Oscar de la Renta coat that she had on at the inauguration.
Ivanka warmly greeted everyone who approached her as she walked through the crowd with with Ambassador Tankai and spoke about her love of China, a country that is home to one of her closest friends, Wendi Deng.
Mother and daughter then had the honor of enjoying a musical performance at the event, which showcased some dancing and opera as well as acrobatics.
The pair later posed for some photos with the performers, who were dressed in traditional Chinese attire, while Arabella could be seen enjoying some of the Chinese food that was put out or guests.
Ivanka then dashed off with her daughter after making the rounds at the event, during which she never removed the $2,500 double-breasted velvet trimmed coat by Joseph Altuzurra that has been her go-to piece of outerwear the past few months.