People wearing face masks walk across a busy street at the Causeway Bay shopping district in Hong Kong on February 7, 2023. Hong Kong’s government announced Thursday, Feb. 16, that the territory's population dropped for a third straight year as deaths rose during the pandemic and anti-virus measures reduced the number of arriving workers, but did not mention an exodus of residents sparked by a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A fluorescent beach is seen on February 13, 2023 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province of China. It is said that the blue fluorescence is caused by noctiluca scientillans. (Photo by Chen Shuoming/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial view of Wangwu Mountain National Geopark shrouded in fog on February 14, 2023 in Jiyuan, Henan Province of China. (Photo by Deng Guohui/VCG via Getty Images)





A 5-meter-high art installation in the shape of a heart creates romantic vibes in the Bund Finance Center in Shanghai, China on 12 February, 2023. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Visitors gather near a statue at a concept shop for Chinese electric car maker Jidu in Beijing, Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Chinese tech company Baidu's electric car firm Jidu on Tuesday unveiled a “Roboverse” concept shop spotlighting its artificial intelligence (AI) technology and centered around its AI-powered ROBO-01 concept car. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A man walks past a kiosk displaying a newspaper with a photo of Chen Xuyuan, head of the Chinese Football Association, in Beijing, Wednesday, February 15, 2023. The head of China's national soccer federation has been arrested on corruption charges in the latest blow to the country's effort to grow its standing at home and internationally. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Aerial photo shows the rime scenery in Mountain Lu scenic area in Lushan City, east China's Jiangxi Province, 15 February, 2023. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Women dance with fans on a plaza at a public park in Beijing, Friday, February 17, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





People take photos of the northern lights installation “Borealis” by Dan Acher in Hong Kong, China on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Tibetan monks in ghoulish costumes perform during a ceremony to chase away the “demon king” to bring peace and happiness for the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, Sunday, February 19, 2023. The annual event has returned after China lifted all bans on public gatherings from the outbreak of COVID-19. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





This aerial photo taken on February 19, 2023 shows snow scenery of the Simatai section of the Great Wall at sunrise in Beijing, capital of China. (Photo by Cai Yang/Xinhua/Alamy Live News)





A woman wearing a face mask walks by an advertisement showing a pair of hands outside a commercial office building in Beijing, Monday, February 20, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





The photo taken on February 20, 2023 shows outdoor livestreamers singing and chatting with the audiences through their mobile phones on an overpass bridge at night in Guilin, in southern China's Guangxi province. In the dead of night on a bridge in southern China, around two dozen livestreamers sat crooning and chatting into microphones, their identical ring lights spaced a few metres apart in glowing rows. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





An actress prepares herself before performing in a Chinese Opera during the celebrations of God Tou Tei (the God of Earth) in Macau, China, February, 20, 2023. (Photo by Eduardo Leal/AFP Photo)





Aerial photo shows workers checking the wires of the world's highest transmission tower in Wuxi City, east China's Jiangsu Province on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Tourists watch the sunrise at a scenic tourist spot on Xianggong Mountain, on the west bank of Li River in Yangshuo city, in southern China's Guangxi province on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





A woman wears rabbit ears as she and others light incense before praying for good luck on Losar, the Tibetan New Year, at Yonghegong, or the Lama Temple on February 21, 2023 in Beijing, China. The holiday, one of the most important in Tibetan Buddhism, is celebrated for 15 days and is according to the lunisolar calendar. Tibetan Buddhism has seen its following in China amongst the majority Han population grow in recent years. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





In this aerial photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescue vehicles are parked near the site of a collapsed open pit coal mine in Alxa League in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Thursday, February 23, 2023. An open pit mine collapsed in China's northern Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday, killing multiple people and leaving dozens more missing, state media reported. (Photo by Lian Zhen/Xinhua via AP Photo)





Employees work in Junesun Fungi mushroom production company, during the organised media tour in Xuzhou, China, 23 February 2023. Burning is commonly used to getting rid of the straw left after harvest in traditional agriculture, but it is not environmentally friendly. Suining a county in Jiangsu province, with over 2.2m Mu of crops, has more than 1 million tons of straw that is need to find its way to become fertiliser and fodder as opposed to simply burning it. Junesun Fungi use straw to grow their fungi. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA)





A person performs equestrian skills at a race course to celebrate Tibetan New Year, Losar, on February 23, 2023 in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Li Lin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)