Rice University students cheer their team wearing T-shirts with the school's mascot name printed in Chinese during a men's college basketball game against Southern Mississippi University on Feb 6 in Houston. To celebrate the Chinese New Year, Rice gave away 300 T-shirts to fans, and the Institute of Chinese Culture performed a lion dance for the occasion. [MAY ZHOU/CHINA DAILY]

Rice University students cheer their team wearing T-shirts with the school's mascot name printed in Chinese during a men's college basketball game against Southern Mississippi University on Feb 6 in Houston. To celebrate the Chinese New Year, Rice gave away 300 T-shirts to fans, and the Institute of Chinese Culture performed a lion dance for the occasion. [MAY ZHOU/CHINA DAILY]