People wearing face masks pass by a poster promoting the “China Dream” in Beijing, Thursday, October 27, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has so far shown no sign of easing the “zero-COVID” policy, moving quickly to restrict travel and impose lockdowns when even just a few cases are discovered. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





This photo taken on October 25, 2022 shows a local resident drying seaweed in Ningbo in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Commuters wearing face masks walk through the plastic curtain as they exit a subway station in Beijing, Monday, October 31, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A woman and a child, both wearing face masks, walk up a staircase on a building covered with autumn-colored leaves to take souvenir picture in Beijing, Sunday, October 30, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A total of 2,022 drones form a rocket-shaped pattern during a light show to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics on October 30, 2022 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Yang Bo/China News Service via Getty Images)





Two couples prepare to pose for their wedding pictures outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on October 31, 2022. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





A man wears a costume celebrating Halloween in front of a closed bar at Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong, China on October 31, 2022. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





People wear costumes celebrating Halloween at Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong, China on October 31, 2022. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket carrying the space lab module Mengtian, blasts off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, Monday, October 31, 2022. China has launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station, realizing a more than decade-long endeavor to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit. (Photo by Hu Zhixuan/Xinhua via AP Photo)





A health worker puts gloves on during Covid-19 tests of the entire population in Macau on November 1, 2022. (Photo by Eduardo Leal/AFP Photo)





A medical worker takes swab sample from a residents during a door-to-door Covid-19 screening in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou was suspended Wednesday after the city reported 64 coronavirus cases and workers who assemble Apple Inc. iPhones left their factory in the zone following outbreaks. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





People with their face masks take a rest outside an office building during a lunch break hour in Beijing, Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





People wait in line for their routine COVID-19 throat swabs at a coronavirus testing site setup along a pedestrian walkway in Beijing, Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





People wearing face masks walk by an advertisement billboard on street in Beijing, Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A delivery driver wearing a face mask rides a scooter with a Chinese flag along a street in Beijing, Tuesday, November 1, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A woman has her throat swabbed for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Shanghai Disneyland was closed and visitors temporarily kept in the park for virus testing, the city government announced, while social media posts said some amusements kept operating for guests who were blocked from leaving. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Workers check chicks at an egg incubation workshop in Binzhou in China's eastern Shandong province on November 2, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A man wearing a face mask dressed with Monkey King costume headgear rides past masked residents on a street in Beijing, Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Spectators arrive at the Hong Kong Stadium ahead of the first day of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong, Friday, November 4, 2022. Revelers returned to Hong Kong Stadium on Friday to enjoy a highly-anticipated international rugby tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 crisis began, but some international fans unaware of the city's pandemic restrictions were being turned away at the gate. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/AP Photo)





A student group poses for a photograph in front of the Hong Kong Stadium ahead of the first day of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong, Friday, November 4, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/AP Photo)





Attendees in costumes arrive at the Hong Kong Stadium ahead of the first day of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong, Friday, November 4, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/AP Photo)