People walk past a poster of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers on display in Beijing, Thursday, January 21, 2016. China’s armed forces have shut down newspapers published by the country’s seven military regions as part of a program to downsize and streamline the world’s largest standing military. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Contestants take part in a cold enduring competition in temperature of negative 6 degrees Celsius (21.2 degrees Fahrenheit), at an indoor ski resort in Changsha, Hunan province, January 19, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A saleswoman holds salted dried ducks as she walks in between shelves ahead of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, outside a store in Pengzhou, Sichuan Province, China, January 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A woman hangs quilts on a road divider in Changsha, Hunan Province, January 18, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Shoppers walk past a billboard for fashion label Gucci in central Beijing in this December 7, 2010 file photo. More potential bad news for the global economic outlook: Chinese shoppers, who largely propped up growth last year, are likely to trim spending this year; dining out less often, delaying smartphone upgrades and cutting out impulse buys. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)





A general view of a crude oil importing port in Qingdao, Shandong province, November 9, 2008. A Chinese industry body said it could review rules covering the import of crude by new entrants after a private refinery failed to secure financing for 1.5 million barrels of crude it bought, in a blow to Beijing's moves to open up its oil market. Baota Petrochemical Group Co Ltd could not get letters of credit for two crude cargoes worth more than $50 million it bought from commodity merchants Vitol and Mercuria, two traders with direct knowledge of the transactions said. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Children play with paper boards at a kindergarten in Zouping, Shandong Province, China, January 19, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A man runs in subzero temperatures at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, January 23, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Tourists take selfies after snow in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, January 22, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Birds rest on heatings in subzero temperatures, at Beijing Zoo, China, January 22, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A residential compound is seen covered in snow, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, January 21, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Tourists walk in snow near the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, January 22, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Homeless people are seen on a cold winter night near Beijing South Railway Station in Beijing, China, January 23, 2016. According to Xinhua News Agency, China's national observatory raised the weather warning alert to orange on Saturday morning as much of the country braced for the worst cold in 30 years. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A homeless man carries his bags along an alley on a cold winter night near Beijing South Railway Station in Beijing, China, January 23, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A passenger looks at the Beijing Railway Station from an overpass as migration for the annual Spring Festival begins in central Beijing, January 24, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





People walk past stacks of bricks in a field near new residential compounds, at a village in Beijing, China, January, 18, 2016. On the outskirts of Beijing, the disused factories of Chaomidian show the impact of China's drive to shut down thousands of small firms causing big pollution. Amid scrapheaps and idle machinery, the community has clean air these days – and no jobs. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A girl looks on as a monkey drinks water from a bucket outside a store at the entrance to a country park in Hong Kong, China January 25, 2016. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)





Employees work at a vinegar and soy sauce mill in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, January 26, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Students play the board game “Go”, known as “Weiqi” in Chinese, during a competition to mark the 100-day countdown to the opening of Beijing Olympics at a primary school in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, in this April 30, 2008 file photo. In what they called a milestone achievement for artificial intelligence, scientists said on Wednesday they created a computer program that beat a professional human player at the complex board game called Go, which originated in ancient China. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A woman scales fish by the side of a lake as she prepares for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A woman scales fish by the side of a lake as she prepares for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, January 27, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





People shop at a new year market ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, January 28, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Ethnic Dong women wearing traditional costumes, hold "pipas", a traditional instrument, as they pose for pictures during a rehearsal ahead of the Chinese New Year of the Monkey, which starts on February 8, in Liping county, Guizhou province, China January 28, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A paramilitary policeman directs passengers at a railway station in Beijing, China, January 30, 2016. According to traffic police, over 2.9 billion trips will be made around China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which started on January 24. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Passengers wait to board a train at a railway station, in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, January 30, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Passengers enter a railway station in Beijing, China, January 30, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





People carrying luggages leave a railway station in snow in Wuhan, Hubei province, January 31, 2016. According to traffic police, over 2.9 billion trips will be made around China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush started on January 24. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Passengers carry luggages as they enter the waiting hall of the Beijing West Railway Station, China, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A conductor stands next to a train inside the Beijing West Railway Station, in Beijing, China, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Passengers wait to board a train to Xi'an, at the Beijing West Railway Station, in Beijing, China, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Passengers walk to board a train to Xi'an, at the Beijing West Railway Station, in Beijing, China, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Passengers crowd to seek refunds on their tickets at a counter after trains were delayed due to heavy snow, during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Passengers ask for refunds on their tickets at a counter inside a railway station after trains were delayed due to heavy snow, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Passengers wait to enter a railway station after trains were delayed due to bad weather in southern China in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Men sleep on their luggage at a square in front of the Beijing Railway Station before boarding their trains during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival Beijing, China, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A woman takes a nap next to her luggage in front of the Beijing Railway Station during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Beijing, China, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A man carries his luggage in front of the Beijing Railway Station before during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Beijing, China, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A woman sleeps on her luggage in front of the Beijing Railway Station during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Beijing, China, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Beijing Railway Station during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Beijing, China, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Passengers run to catch a train at a railway station in Hangzhou during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival, Zhejiang province, January 31, 2016. (Photo by Chance Chan/Reuters)





Motorcyclists ride on a highway as they head back to their hometowns ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival from Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A family rides a motorcycle on a highway as they head back to their hometown ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival from Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





People run to enter Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, February 2, 2016. More than 50,000 passengers were stranded at a railway station in the Chinese city of Guangzhou on Tuesday because of weather delays, state media said, an inauspicious start for some as the country embarks upon its annual lunar new year travel rush. (Photo by Lin Hongxian/Reuters/Southern Metropolis Daily)





People wait to enter Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, February 2, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A folk artist performs at a tourist area, ahead of the Chinese New Year, in Weifang, Shandong province, February 3, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A folk artist makes monkey head dough figurine, ahead of the Chinese New Year, at a tourist area in Weifang, Shandong province, February 3, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A man decorates a temple with lanterns ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, February 3, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Folk artists perform “Huohu”, a traditional local fire dance ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival, in Zoucheng, Shandong province, February 1, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A man carries a sack as he heads to the Beijing Railway Station during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Beijing, China, February 3, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A man riding a personal mobility device holds his suitcase in front of the Beijing Railway Station during the travel rush ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival in Beijing, China, February 3, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Chinese stock investors look over a newspaper in a brokerage house in Beijing, Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Chinese stocks sank again Wednesday but other Asian markets rose following Wall Street's gain as investors looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest statement on interest rates and the economic outlook. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A woman and her son ride a sled on the frozen Shichahai lake in Beijing, China, 26 January 2016. While temperatures in Beijing have risen from a low of minus 17 degrees Celsius over the weekend, many areas in China still experience extreme cold weather as the polar vortex that brought freezing temperatures to the northern parts of China for the past week moved south, affecting provinces like Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Yunnan. (Photo by How Hwee Young/EPA)





Two women ride a sled on the frozen Shichahai lake in Beijing, China, 26 January 2016. While temperatures in Beijing have risen from a low of minus 17 degrees Celsius over the weekend, many areas in China still experience extreme cold weather as the polar vortex that brought freezing temperatures to the northern parts of China for the past week moved south, affecting provinces like Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Yunnan. (Photo by How Hwee Young/EPA)





Workers work on the coal carriages at a railway station in the snow in Jiujiang in central China's Jiangxi province 22 January 2016. A powerful cold front is sweeping through China, bringing snow to the south and disrupting traffic. (Photo by Hu Guolin/EPA)





People walk past a mock-train on display at Taiwan's Alishan Square, a commercial area set up by the Taiwanese government near Qianmen Street in Beijing, Thursday, January 21, 2016. For the first time, a huge number of Chinese web users are clamoring to scale the Great Firewall to access websites banned within China. Driven by nationalistic sentiments, they are defying the government-built cyber barrier not for forbidden knowledge but to flaunt their unswerving patriotism and unconditional claim over Taiwan, a breakaway province where a pro-independence political party has won the latest presidential election, a sign that the hearts and minds of Taiwanese people are pulling further away from the mainland China. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





View of the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge under construction over the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon at Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area in Zhangjiajie city. The skywalk spanning the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon is set to open to the public in May 2016. So for those die-hard Avatar fans out there, soon you will be able to see the inspiration behind James Cameron's Pandora like you've never seen it before. (Photo by Imaginechina /Splash News)





A Solar Halo is seen in China, on January 27, 2016. (Photo by Imaginechina /Splash News)