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Teams compete during a dragonboat on ice competition in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province on January 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

Teams compete during a dragonboat on ice competition in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province on January 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)



Panda cubs born in 2019 play next to decorations to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Rat, which falls on January 25 this year, at the Shenshuping breeding base of Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan, China's southwestern Sichuan province on January 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

Panda cubs born in 2019 play next to decorations to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Rat, which falls on January 25 this year, at the Shenshuping breeding base of Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan, China's southwestern Sichuan province on January 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)



An electrician sets the electric system for a railway line linking Xinfeng and Yaocun in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, January 7, 2020. The 23.1-kilometer railway line will help ease the traffic pressure of Xinfeng Railway Station in Xi'an. (Photo by Liu Xiao/Xinhua News Agency/Barcroft Media)

An electrician sets the electric system for a railway line linking Xinfeng and Yaocun in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, January 7, 2020. The 23.1-kilometer railway line will help ease the traffic pressure of Xinfeng Railway Station in Xi'an. (Photo by Liu Xiao/Xinhua News Agency/Barcroft Media)



This photo taken on January 13, 2020 shows Chinese rescuers watching as a bus is lifted out after a road collapse in Xining in China's northwestern Qinghai province. An enormous sinkhole swallowed passers-by and a public bus in northwest China, reported state media on January 14, injuring fifteen people while another ten are still missing. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

This photo taken on January 13, 2020 shows Chinese rescuers watching as a bus is lifted out after a road collapse in Xining in China's northwestern Qinghai province. An enormous sinkhole swallowed passers-by and a public bus in northwest China, reported state media on January 14, injuring fifteen people while another ten are still missing. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)



This photo taken on January 13, 2020 shows a rat lantern displayed at the Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, to mark the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rat, which starts on January 25. (Photo AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

This photo taken on January 13, 2020 shows a rat lantern displayed at the Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, to mark the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rat, which starts on January 25. (Photo AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)



This file photo taken on January 18, 2020 shows medical staff members carrying a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China – including to Beijing – authorities said on January 20, 2020, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

This file photo taken on January 18, 2020 shows medical staff members carrying a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China – including to Beijing – authorities said on January 20, 2020, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)



Travelers pass through a health screening checkpoint at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in southern China's Hubei province, Tuesday, January 21, 2020. A fourth person has died in an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, authorities said Tuesday, as more places stepped up medical screening of travelers from the country as it enters its busiest travel period. (Photo by Emily Wang/AP Photo)

Travelers pass through a health screening checkpoint at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in southern China's Hubei province, Tuesday, January 21, 2020. A fourth person has died in an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, authorities said Tuesday, as more places stepped up medical screening of travelers from the country as it enters its busiest travel period. (Photo by Emily Wang/AP Photo)



People visit a snow sculpture prepared for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 3, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

People visit a snow sculpture prepared for the upcoming Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 3, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)



A woman visits ice sculptures ahead of the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 4, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

A woman visits ice sculptures ahead of the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 4, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)



A worker clears some snow before tourists arrive at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on January 6, 2020. China's annual ice festival in Harbin has kicked off late on January 5 with couples lining up for a snow-themed mass wedding, swimmers braving frigid waters and frozen palaces rising from the ground. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)

A worker clears some snow before tourists arrive at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on January 6, 2020. China's annual ice festival in Harbin has kicked off late on January 5 with couples lining up for a snow-themed mass wedding, swimmers braving frigid waters and frozen palaces rising from the ground. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)



A child jumps to touch lanterns hung on a tree ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing on Thursday, January 16, 2020. The world's largest annual migration begins this week in China with millions of Chinese traveling to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year on Jan. 25 this year which marks the Year of the Rat on the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

A child jumps to touch lanterns hung on a tree ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing on Thursday, January 16, 2020. The world's largest annual migration begins this week in China with millions of Chinese traveling to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year on Jan. 25 this year which marks the Year of the Rat on the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)



Andrew Kwok returns home from fishing to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong Kong, China, October 29, 2019. Shenzhen's high rise building can be seen in the distance. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Andrew Kwok returns home from fishing to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong Kong, China, October 29, 2019. Shenzhen's high rise building can be seen in the distance. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)



Children play at a village ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Zhoukou, Henan province, China on January 13, 2020. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

Children play at a village ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Zhoukou, Henan province, China on January 13, 2020. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)



In this January 3, 2020, photo, workers make sneakers in a factory in Jinjiang city in southeastern China's Fujian province. China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low of 6.1% in 2019 as consumer demand weakened and Beijing fought a trade war with Washington. Government data Friday, Jan. 17, showed growth was down from 2018’s 6.6%, already the lowest since 1990. Economic growth in the three months ending in December held steady at the previous quarter’s level of 6%. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)

In this January 3, 2020, photo, workers make sneakers in a factory in Jinjiang city in southeastern China's Fujian province. China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low of 6.1% in 2019 as consumer demand weakened and Beijing fought a trade war with Washington. Government data Friday, Jan. 17, showed growth was down from 2018’s 6.6%, already the lowest since 1990. Economic growth in the three months ending in December held steady at the previous quarter’s level of 6%. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)



Police arrive to conduct a clearance operation in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong on December 31, 2019. Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong held hands and formed human chains across the city on Tuesday, as they carried their months-long movement and its demands into 2020 with midnight countdown rallies and a massive march planned for New Year's Day. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)

Police arrive to conduct a clearance operation in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong on December 31, 2019. Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong held hands and formed human chains across the city on Tuesday, as they carried their months-long movement and its demands into 2020 with midnight countdown rallies and a massive march planned for New Year's Day. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)



A woman rests on a bench at a park in Beijing on January 2, 2020. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)

A woman rests on a bench at a park in Beijing on January 2, 2020. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)



A worker waits to transport containers at the container port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. China's exports rose 0.5% in 2019 despite a tariff war with Washington after growth rebounded in December on stronger demand from other markets. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)

A worker waits to transport containers at the container port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. China's exports rose 0.5% in 2019 despite a tariff war with Washington after growth rebounded in December on stronger demand from other markets. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)



Newlywed couples attend their group wedding ceremony in frigid cold temperatures as part of the annual ice festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 5, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

Newlywed couples attend their group wedding ceremony in frigid cold temperatures as part of the annual ice festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 5, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)



Couples arrive for a “mass ice and snow wedding” ahead of the opening of the Harbin International Snow and Sculpture Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on January 5, 2020. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)

Couples arrive for a “mass ice and snow wedding” ahead of the opening of the Harbin International Snow and Sculpture Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on January 5, 2020. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)



Villagers make and arrange red lanterns in Tuntou Village of Gaocheng District in Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, January 7, 2020. As the Spring Festival approaches, lantern manufacturers in Gaocheng, which is known for its lantern production, are busy making red lanterns. (Photo by Xing Guangli/Xinhua News Agency)

Villagers make and arrange red lanterns in Tuntou Village of Gaocheng District in Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, January 7, 2020. As the Spring Festival approaches, lantern manufacturers in Gaocheng, which is known for its lantern production, are busy making red lanterns. (Photo by Xing Guangli/Xinhua News Agency)



Chinese people sit on chairs outfitted with ice skates on the frozen surface of Kunming Lake of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, 18 January 2020. Chinese people skate and enjoy their leisure time on the frozen lake during the winter season. (Photo by Wu Hong/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Chinese people sit on chairs outfitted with ice skates on the frozen surface of Kunming Lake of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, 18 January 2020. Chinese people skate and enjoy their leisure time on the frozen lake during the winter season. (Photo by Wu Hong/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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