Besides taking someone out for some great Chinese Foooood, I recommend this site to check out
http://www.findgift.com/Holidays/Chinese-New-Year/
Please note that I am not a merchant, and recieve no referral bonus from them, however I think they are an excellent resource for gifts. I recommend the Chinese New Years Envelopes with the candy inside of them.
A picture

Product Link is :
http://www.orientaltrading.com/application?origin=page.jsp&namespace=browse&event=link.itemDetails&categoryId=342679&BP=7417&cm_mmc=Findgift.com-_-datafeed-_-datafeed-_-datafeed&sku=5/1083
Like I said, I get $0 for referring this product, but it's beautiful, and if I was still in China, I would get something like this there for everyone in my family. Things are very cheap in China in case you didn't already know, about 25% of what something costs here in the states.
Anyways, another great place to look is on Amazon.com