This photo taken on November 19, 2022 shows women of the Miao ethnic minority, dressed in traditional costumes, taking part in the celebration of the Kuzang Festival in Leishan county, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. The Kuzang Festival is an ancestor worship ceremony for the Miao ethnic minority, which is celebrated every 13 years and then held for four consecutive years. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A man adjusts his mask on the street of Beijing, Sunday, November 20, 2022. China on Sunday announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year as strict new measures are imposed in Beijing and across the country to ward against new outbreaks. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





This photo taken on November 20, 2022 shows a woman wearing the Chinese transitional dress, known as Hanfu, taking part in a parade in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





An epidemic control worker is dressed in protective equipment to protect against the spread of COVID-19 as he walks across a road in the Central Business District, after most workers were expected to work from home, on November 21, 2022 in Beijing, China. In an effort to try to bring rising cases under control, the local government on Friday closed many restaurants for inside dining, switched schools to online studies, and asked people to work from home. Though the government recently revised its COVID strategy, it has said it will continue to stick to its strict zero tolerance policy with mandatory testings, quarantines and lockdowns in many areas in an effort to control the spread of the virus. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





This aerial photo taken on November 21, 2022 shows a view of the salvage operation of the Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck in Shanghai, east China. An ancient shipwreck, one of the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwrecks discovered underwater in China to date, was lifted out of waters in Shanghai early Monday. The Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck dates back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) of the Qing Dynasty. This salvage could offer a useful glimpse of shipbuilding technology during the Qing Dynasty. A milestone in China's underwater archaeology efforts, the sunken ship was detected in 2015 during a key underwater survey. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man has his throat swabbed for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A resident puts on his face mask as he rests at a closure cafe and restaurant outside a shuttered shopping mall as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Anti-virus controls that are confining millions of Chinese families to their homes and shut shops and offices are spurring fears already weak global business and trade might suffer. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Women wearing face masks stand near a heart-shaped decoration in Beijing, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this aerial photo, a building at the center of a deadly fire is seen in Anyang in central China's Henan Province, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Investigators said that sparks from welding work appears to have been the cause of a fire that killed several dozen people at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China's Henan province. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





A worker in protective suit places closure notices on the barricaded restaurants at a shuttered commercial office building as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Anti-virus controls that are confining millions of Chinese families to their homes and shut shops and offices are spurring fears already weak global business and trade might suffer. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A worker wearing a mask to curb coronavirus spread, passes autumn leaves in Beijing, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a mask walks past a restaurant closed to dine-in customers in Beijing, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. More than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily average is rising, the government said Tuesday, adding to pressure on officials who are trying to reduce economic damage by easing controls that confine millions of people to their homes. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Residents wearing face masks to curb coronavirus spread, react to falling autumn leaves in Beijing, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus at a collection station in Beijing on November 22, 2022. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





Residents buy fresh vegetables from street vendors as restaurants are closed in some districts and general movement discouraged in Beijing, Thursday, November 24, 2022. China is expanding lockdowns, including in a cental city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as its number of COVID-19 cases hit a daily record. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A resident rides a scooter along a quiet street in a district as restaurants are shut and residents encouraged to stay in their vicinity in Beijing, Thursday, November 24, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A man leaves with his grocery shopping from a community under lockdown in Beijing, Thursday, November 24, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Residents buy fresh vegetables from street vendors as restaurants are closed in some districts in Beijing, Thursday, November 24, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A security guard peers into a store along a stretch of shuttered restaurants in Beijing, Thursday, November 24, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Security guards control access out of a community under lockdown in Beijing, Thursday, November 24, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)