A total of 432 people wear dragon robe costumes in an attempt to set a Guinness Record for the most people performing Yu Opera together, in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





People gather at the temple after Tuesday's clashes between security forces and protesters in Wukan, Guangdong province, China, September 14, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Customers stand outside of a McDonald's store in downtown Shanghai July 31, 2014. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)





Passengers crowd at a railway station on the first day of the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival holiday in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, September 15, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Staff members applaud a customer as he arrives to purchase Apple's new iPhone 7 at an Apple store in Beijing, China, September 16, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Workers load a cart with bricks at a construction site in Beijing, China, September 16, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A woman cleans the brand logo at a Prada fashion boutique in Beijing, China, September 16, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A man uses his phone as he stands in front of an apartment building in Beijing, China, September 16, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A woman poses for pictures in front of tidal waves under the influence of typhoon Meranti in Wenling, Zhejiang province, China, September 16, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





An ancient bridge is seen collapsed as typhoon Meranti hits southeast China, in Yongchun, Fujian province, China, September 15, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A participant wearing a traditional dress gestures while running past the Tiananmen gate during the Beijing Marathon in Beijing, China, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A participant gestures while running past the Tiananmen gate during the Beijing Marathon in Beijing, China, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Participants take pictures of themselves as others run past the Tiananmen gate during the Beijing Marathon in Beijing, China, September 17, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Spectators watch a tidal bore as it travels down the Qiantang river in Zhejiang province, Haining, China on September 18, 2016. (Photo by Imaginechina/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People watch a horse fight in Rongshui, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, September 16, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





People burn a brick tower to celebrate the mid-autumn festival in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, September 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Paramilitary policemen take part in a drill in Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, September 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Paramilitary policemen take part in a drill in Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, September 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Paramilitary policemen take part in a drill in Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, September 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Harvesting corn in Shandong province, in Liaocheng, China on September 19, 2016. (Photo by Sipa Asia/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A dog statue makes Shanghai a little cuter, on September 19, 2016. (Photo by Wang Gang/ZUMA Press/Splash News)





A couple picnic in a tent during mid-Autumn Festival celebrations on Shek O beach in Hong Kong, China, 16 September 2016. The festival is celebrated by ethnic Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese people. It is also known as the Moon Festival or Moon Cake Festival. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA)





A woman pushes her electric bicycle as she wades through a flooded street after Typhoon Meranti made landfall on southeastern China, in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 15, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A fish farmer cuts grass to feed carp Hongxianxi Sustainable Fishery, Hubei Province, China, 2015. (Photo by Mustafah Abdulaziz/WWF-UK)





A woman lays out a blanket in front of a massive new housing development in the city of Yanjiao on May 21, 2016. Yanjiao, with a population of over 700,000 is a satellite city of Beijing that is rapidly consuming all of the villages surrounding it. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





Workers sweep up a road leading to a new development in Yanjiao on May 21, 2016. Yanjiao is a satellite city of Beijing, with 700,000 people, that is rapidly consuming all of the villages surrounding it. Beijing is a prime example of China's rapid urbanization and move towards creating supercities with populations over 100 million people. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





Agricultural workers tend a grape field in Yanjiao, a rapidly expanding satellite city of over 700,000 people, outside Beijing. Yanjiao, a city of sky scraping apartment blocks, is rapidly consuming all of the villages surrounding it. Beijing is a prime example of China's rapid urbanization. China's capital city is planning on joining Tianjin to create a massive supercity of over 100 million people in an effort to become an economic powerhouse on par with the Pearl River Delta region and Shanghai's Yangtze River Delta. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





Agricultural workers tend to a grape field in Yanjiao, a rapidly expanding satellite city of over 700,000 people, outside Beijing, on May 21, 2016. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





A woman walks past a massive new residential complex under construction in Yanjiao, a rapidly expanding satellite city of over 700,000 people, outside Beijing, on May 21, 2016. The complex is made up of over a dozen towers standing 34 floors high. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





A woman plugs her ears as firecrackers go off in the streets of Yanjiao, a rapidly expanding satellite city of over 700,000 people, outside Beijing, on May 21, 2016. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





Food stalls and markets open for business near a residential complex in Yanjiao, a rapidly expanding satellite city of over 700,000 people, outside Beijing, on May 21, 2016. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





Zhang Shuying, center, plays cards with her friends and neighbors in Yanjiao, a rapidly expanding satellite city of over 700,000 people, outside Beijing, on May 21, 2016. Shuying, 80, used to farm on the land where the high rise apartment blocks she lives in now stand. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)





The Xi family relaxes in the bed of the Chaobai River in Yanjiao, a rapidly expanding satellite city of over 700,000 people, outside Beijing, on May 21, 2016. The river is a popular escape for residents who want to escape the cement landscape of the city. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)