A Look at Life in China

In this Friday, July 15, 2016 photo, a Chinese couple wearing masks to protect against air pollution walk past a Chinese government propaganda slogan for the “Chinese Dream” in Beijing. Beijing's notoriously awful air quality improved significantly in the first half of the year, with actions taken to curb the city's heavy pollution having a positive effect, officials in the Chinese capital said Monday, July 19, 2016. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

A contestant performs a stunt on a bicycle during a competition in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China, July 16, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Tents are seen set up along a mountain road during a camping festival in Luoyang, Henan province, China, July 16, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Tents are seen set up along a mountain road during a camping festival in Luoyang, Henan province, China, July 15, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Tibetans blow traditional instruments during a local festival in Qiongjie county, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, July 16, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

People watch the flooded Jinsha River at a sightseeing platform of Tiger Leaping Gorge, in Diqing, Yunnan Province, China, July 15, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A man rides a tricycle past an advertising poster showing a night-time city view at the construction site of an apartment tower in Beijing, July 19, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A paramilitary policeman takes part in a training in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, July 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A boy plays on a algae-covered beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A woman enters a tailor's studio in Beijing, China, July 15, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

People smear plant ash onto each other during “Monihei Carnival”, in Qiubei county, Yunnan province, China, July 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A resident rides on heavy machinery as he makes his way at a flooded area in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China, July 19, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

Paramilitary police officers hold umbrellas as they stand in front of the Tiananmen Gate and a giant portrait of Chinese late Chairman Mao Zedong on a day of heavy rain in Beijing, China, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A man holding an umbrella trapped next to his vehicle on a flooded street in Beijing, China, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

People ride along a flooded street during a heavy rainfall in Beijing, China, July 20, 2016. Picture taken July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

People walk out of a flooded subway station in Tianjin, China, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

People walk into a flooded subway station in Tianjin, China, July 20, 2016. Picture taken July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A man sits on top of a car as he is stranded on a flooded street in Tianjin, China, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Participants eat chili as they bath in ice water during a chili eating competition in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A participant eats chili as ice cubes are poured on him during a chili eating competition in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A man sprays water to cool off pigs on the back of a truck at a temperature of 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit) in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China July 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Holidaymakers crowd China’s largest and busiest swimming pool, also known as China’s Dead Sea in Daying county, China on July 18, 2016, on a scorching day. (Photo by Imaginechina/Rex Shutterstock)

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