A vendor sits near a board depicting surveillance cameras during Security China 2023 in Beijing, on June 9, 2023. After years of breakneck growth, China's security and surveillance industry is now focused on shoring up its vulnerabilities to the United States and other outside actors, worried about risks posed by hackers, advances in artificial intelligence and pressure from rival governments. The renewed emphasis on self-reliance, combating fraud and hardening systems against hacking was on display at the recent Security China exhibition in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Surveillance camera maker Hikvision, one of the Chinese tech companies sanctioned by the U.S. government for its role in Beijing's crackdown in China's far west Xinjiang region, is seen promoting its technologies during the Security China 2023 in Beijing, on June 7, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A visitor films a life-like head used to test biometric technologies to combat fraud during the Security China 2023 in Beijing, on June 7, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Doormen await the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, ahead of his meeting with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Photo by (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Graduates attend a graduation ceremony at Wuhan University on June 20, 2023 in Wuhan, China. China is forecasted to produce 11.58 million fresh graduates this year. (Photo by Getty Images)





A rider picks up a hada, a traditional Tibetan ceremonial scarf, during a horse racing event of the 18th Mount Qomolangma culture and tourism festival in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on June 20, 2023. (Photo by Sun Fei/Xinhua News Agency/Alamy Live News)





This aerial photo taken on June 20, 2023 shows an image of a train created by growing different varieties of rice in a paddy in Shenyang, China's northeastern Liaoning province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A nighttime dragon boat race is held to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Sanxi Village of Changle District, Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province on June 20, 2023. The nighttime dragon boat race native to Sanxi Village is a tradition with a history spanning over 600 years. Around the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, the villagers of Sanxi eagerly participate in this race as night falls. The event carries deep cultural significance and reserves as a means of prayer for bountiful harvests and auspicious life. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. China's yuan weakened past the closely watched 7.2-per-dollar level as investor sentiment soured on a lack of aggressive stimulus and Beijing signaled a level of comfort about the declines. (Photo by Raul Ariano/Bloomberg)





A woman walks by a Sweden-based clothing company H&M at a shopping mall in Beijing, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Foreign companies are shifting investments and their Asian headquarters out of China as confidence plunges following the expansion of an anti-spying law and other challenges, a business group said Wednesday. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters work at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in the early hours of Wednesday, June 21, 2023. A massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China killed dozens and injured some, Chinese authorities said Thursday. (Photo by Wang Peng/Xinhua via AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters work at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Wang Peng/Xinhua via AP Photo)





Competitors take part in dragon boat drifting races in a six-meter wide canal during the dragon boat festival in Foshan, in southern China's Guangdong province on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





Dragon boats compete during the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Aberdeen fishing port in Hong Kong, China on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Dragon boats compete during the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Aberdeen fishing port in Hong Kong, China on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participants splash water during a ceremony in between races during Tung Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Aberdeen fishing port in Hong Kong, China on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Competitors take part in the annual dragon boat race to celebrate the Tuen Ng festival in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





Competitors take part in the annual dragon boat race to celebrate the Tuen Ng festival in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





Competitors take part in the annual dragon boat race to celebrate the Tuen Ng festival in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





A man swims with his dog in a canal in Beijing on June 22, 2023. Swathes of northern China sweltered in 40-degree heat on June 22, weather data showed, as parts of Beijing and the nearby megacity of Tianjin recorded their highest temperatures for years. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP Photo)