A LED dragon for the Mid-Autumn Festival makes its debut in Hong Kong, China on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This aerial photo taken on September 21, 2023 shows people walking on a beach covered with the plant Suaeda salsa, also known as seepweed or sea-blite, which can turn red in autumn in Yingkou, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Visitors cross a stone bridge next to a gold color sculpture of a bull at the popular West Lake scenic area ahead of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Friday, September 22, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Farmers dry crops during the harvest season in Linyi, in China's eastern Shandong province on September 22, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A tower modelled on the Eiffel Tower is seen near a residential area in Hangzhou, host city of the 2022 Asian Games, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 22, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





People line up to buy the newly launched iPhone 15 and other Apple products at a flagship store, on September 22, 2023 in Beijing, China. The iPhone 15 was officially launched in mainland China Friday, one of the worlds most valuable companys largest global markets. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





A woman compares two of the newly launched iPhone 15 as she and others shop at a flagship store, on September 22, 2023 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





This picture taken on September 22, 2023 shows a demonstration of DEEP Robotics' X30 robot dog walking down steps on a pedestrian walkway at the 2022 Asian Games host city Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. From autonomous bug zappers to android pianists and driverless ice cream trucks, machines rule the world, at least at China's Asian Games. Host city Hangzhou is the unofficial home of China's tech industry and robots and other mind-boggling gadgets are set to serve, amuse and police visitors. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Performers during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, 23 September 2023. The 2022 Asian Games were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and are held between 23 September and 08 October 2023. (Phoot by Alex Plavevski/EPA)





Chinese honor guard carry the Chinese flag during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, September 23, 2023. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Giant pandas eat at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This photo taken on September 24, 2023 shows a woman posing for photos at a sunflower field in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





China's Li Yujuan competes in the women's park skateboarding event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Adek Berry/AFP Photo)





Volunteers hold up banners with the slogan “Heart to Heart” to block the view as medics attend to Iran's Mina Panahi Dorcheh who injured her leg in the Wushu Women's Nanquan competition for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Regional outward aggression has taken a backseat to unctuous charm as China sought to win the hearts of more than 40 Asian nations and regions by dazzling them with technology and slathering them with praise. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Medal hostesses prepare for an award ceremony for the Wushu competition at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Tuesday, September 26, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Chinese volunteers stand at a shuttle bus hub at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Signs around Hangzhou billed the city as a “paradise on earth” while China adopted the motto “heart to heart” for the games, which attract feature some 12,000 competitors, more than the summer Olympics, from across Asia and the Middle East. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





This aerial photo taken on September 26, 2023 shows spectators attending a bullfight in Congjiang county, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Colorful kites in the shape of Monkey King fly in the sky during 2023 Weifang International Kite Carnival on September 26, 2023 in Weifang, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Chi/VCG via Getty Images)





A worker works on a production line at a packaging company in Lianyungang city, East China's Jiangsu province, September 27, 2023. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data, in August, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 17.2% year-on-year. In the first eight months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 4,655.82 billion yuan, down 11.7 percent year on year. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast after delivering his speech at a dinner marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, September 28, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)