This picture taken on November 2, 2025 shows artists in traditional Chinese clothes performing at a theatrical restaurant in Beijing. Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a pavilion, as the melodious strumming of the Chinese zither played in the background. These customers have paid to "time travel" back to ancient China for a few hours in an experience offered by a newly-opened themed restaurant in central Beijing which provides clothing services and an eight-course meal. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





Vivian Kong Man Wai walking to submit her application after a press briefing to announce her candidacy on November 3, 2025 in Hong Kong. Vivian Kong the former hong kong fencer and olympic gold medal winner today announce her candidacy for the upcoming legislative council election. (Photo by Vernon Yuen/Nexpher via ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Women take smartphone photos near the autumn-colored ginkgo tree on a pedestrian overhead bridge, in Beijing, Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of XPENG unveils the next generation IRON robot during the XPENG AI Day held at the company headquarters in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province, Wednesday, November 5, 2025. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A child poses next to the newly unveiled XPENG next generation IRON robot during the XPENG AI Day held at the company headquarters in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province, Wednesday, November 5, 2025. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of XPENG looks from behind a curtain as the image of the company's next generation IRON robot is seen on screen during the XPENG AI Day in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province, Wednesday, November 5, 2025. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





An actress performs in a Chinese Opera during the 8th International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing tranditional clothes takes a selfie near the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





A Lijian-1 Y9 carrier rocket carrying two technical experiment satellites blasts off from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, November 9, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 11:32 a.m. (Beijing Time) and successfully sent the satellites into the planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua/Alamy Live News)





Two women wearing traditional clothes take a selfie as they walk along a pathway in Beijing on November 11, 2025. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





Members of the honour guard get ready for a welcoming ceremony for Spain's King Felipe VI at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on November 12, 2025. (Photo by Andrés Martínez Casares/AFP Photo)





King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tiananmen Square on November 12, 2025 in Beijing, China. King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain makes its first three-day state visit to China. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)





A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) honour guard member holds a flag during a welcoming ceremony for Spain's King Felipe VI at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 12, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/AFP Photo)





A farmer dries sliced sweet potatoes at a courtyard in Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, November 19, 2025. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Primary school students take part in a physical education class at a school in Lianyungang, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, on November 20, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Duan Yinmei (L), an inheritor of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, and handicraftsman Duan Lilan untie knots on fabrics in a dyehouse in Zhoucheng Village of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, November 21, 2025. Known as the hometown of the tie-dye technique of Bai ethnic group, Zhoucheng Village hosts over 200 households engaging in tie-dye businesses, with the number of employees exceeding 4,000. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People pose for photos with scarecrow installations during the Scarecrow Art Festival at Huatuo Baicao Garden on November 22, 2025 in Bozhou, Anhui Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





An excavator transfers stored ice to be used in the constructions of ice-built landscapes for the 27th Harbin Ice-Snow World on November 24, 2025 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. The 27th Harbin Ice-Snow World will roll out a slate of new attractions this year to draw visitors, such as hot spring camps, cross-country skiing tracks, themed parades and a variety of ice-and-snow activities. (Photo by Zhang Shu/VCG via Getty Images)