Students sleep on folding beds during the noon break at a primary school on September 7, 2021 in Jingning She Autonomous County, Lishui City, Jiangxi Province of China. (Photo by Lu Suren/VCG via Getty Images)





A model displays a creation from William Zhang by Zhang Hongwei during China Fashion Week in Beijing on September 8, 2021. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





A model prepares backstage before the Heaven Gaia Collection show by designer Xiong Ying during the China Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 Collection at the 751D.PARK on September 03, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Yanshan Zhang/Getty Images)





Models showcase design on the runway at the Jingyi Jin Collection show during the China Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 Collection at the 751D.PARK on September 05, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)





Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Vice-Chairwoman Tonyee Chow Hang-tung is seen inside a vehicle after being detained in Hong Kong, China, September 8, 2021. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A woman twirls a banner for exercise at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, September 9, 2021. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 uses an exercise machine at a public park in Beijing, Thursday, September 9, 2021. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A model wears a creation by Chinese designer Cheng Cheng during the China Fashion Week held in Beijing, China, Wednesday, September 8, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Two chefs take a break outside their restaurant in Beijing on September 9, 2021. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP Photo)





University students form an image to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China during an opening ceremony of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on September 10, 2021. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A boy sits inside his mother's plastic raincoat as they wait to cross at a traffic light during a rainstorm on September 8, 2021 in Beijing, China. While cases were relatively low compared to many countries, China has recently contained a COVID-19 outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





Medical workers give thumbs-up to their colleagues leaving to help with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Putian from a provincial hospital in Fuzhou in southeast China's Fujian province Sunday, September 12, 2021. Putian, a city in southern China that is trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak told the public Sunday not to leave, suspended bus and train service and closed cinemas, bars and other facilities. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





Models interact while they present protective suits made for medical professionals, designed by the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in collaboration with Dishang, during China Fashion Week in Beijing, China on September 11, 2021. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A man wearing a face mask to help protect from the coronavirus carries goody bags as he walks by a row of bicycles parked along a pavement in Beijing, Monday, September 13, 2021. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A child plays with raindrops in Shanghai, China, Monday, September 13, 2021. Flights and train service were being canceled in Shanghai, China's largest city, as Typhoon Chanthu moved up the mainland coast Monday after bringing heavy rain and wind to Taiwan. (Photo by Chen Si/AP Photo)





A resident wearing a mask and rain gear rides on the street as it rains in Shanghai, China, Monday, September 13, 2021. (Photo by Chen Si/AP Photo)





This aerial photo taken on September 12, 2021 shows an image commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, created by growing different varieties of rice, in a paddy in Nanjing, China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





People hold umbrellas amid rainfall as Typhoon Chanthu approaches, in Shanghai, China on September 13, 2021. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





United Nations troop break up fighting in a scenario where participants playing the role of civilians fighting over water resource during the Shared Destiny 2021 drill at the Queshan Peacekeeping Operation training base in Queshan County in central China's Henan province Wednesday, September 15, 2021. Peacekeeping troops from China, Thailand, Mongolia and Pakistan took part in the 10 days long exercise that field reconnaissance, armed escort, response to terrorist attacks, medical evacuation and epidemic control. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman walks by a map showing Evergrande development projects in China, at an Evergrande city plaza in Beijing, Wednesday, September 15, 2021. One of China's biggest real estate developers is struggling to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars of debt, prompting concern about the broader economic impact and protests by apartment buyers about delays in completing projects. Rating agencies say Evergrande Group appears likely to be unable to repay all of the 572 billion yuan ($89 billion) it owes banks and other bondholders. That might jolt financial markets, but analysts say Beijing is likely to step in to prevent wider damage. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Supporters gather near a courthouse where Zhou Xiaoxuan, a former intern at China's state broadcaster CCTV, was to attend a court session in Beijing, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Zhou became the face of the country's MeToo movement after going public with accusations against a prominent CCTV host in 2018. Since then, even as the movement was shut down by authorities, Zhou has continued to speak out. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)