 The 1952 event was similarly colored by anti-Communist sentiments.During the Korean war, a group of Chinese-American leaders, led by H. K. Wong, expanded the parade into the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival for February 15, 1953, including art shows, street dances, martial arts, music, and a fashion show.Wong, frustrated by news coverage of gambling arrests in Chinatown, believed that educating Americans about the most significant Chinese holiday would turn around the bad press