The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China.

无论是出生在新加坡还是从中国移居到新加坡的中国人，除夕的年夜饭都是一项重要的传统活动。

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The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is convened on the eve of the new millenium when profound and complicated changes are taking place in the world.

中非合作论坛召开之际，正值千年之交，世界正在发生深刻而复杂的变化。

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But on the eve of the dialogue, Mrs Clinton announced that India, unlike China or even Singapore, had already done enough to earn a waiver from American sanctions.

ECONOMIST: India and America: Less than allies, more than friends | The