A rider demonstrates his equestrian skills during the traditional Shoton Festival on August 17, 2023 in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Li Lin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





North Korean women wearing track suits with the North Korean flag walk and the words Taekwon-Do printed on the back hold hands as they line up to check in for a flight to Astana at the Capital Airport in Beijing, Friday, August 18, 2023. A team of North Korean Taekwondo athletes are reportedly travelling via China to Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, to compete in a Taekwondo competition. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Viewers visit the bag weasel in a pet house at the Asia Pet Expo on August 18, 2023 ib Shanghai, China. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A giant panda plays at Hangzhou Zoo on August 18, 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Giant pandas Chun Sheng and Xiang Guo met the public on Friday after a 7-day adjustment period at the zoo. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A worker removes overgrown plants on the roof of traditional terraces, in Beijing, Saturday, August 19, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





People walk on a pedestrian bridge with a screen showing stock exchange data, in Shanghai, China, 21 August 2023. Asian markets faced a setback on 21 August as China's reduction in lending rates proved to be smaller than anticipated. This extends Beijing's trend of providing stimulus measures that are more conservative than expected. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) experienced a ten basis points reduction by the People's Bank of China, whereas the unchanged five-year rate, employed in calculating mortgage expenses, remained steady. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA)





The cancelled status of an Air Koryo flight from North Korea's capital Pyongyang is seen in red on an information board at Beijing Capital international airport on August 21, 2023. North Korea's national airline was set to make its first commercial flight in over three years on August 21 – only to be abruptly canceled at the last minute. (Photo by Oliver Hotham/AFP Photo)





A man walks by the office buildings at the Central Business District in Beijing, Tuesday, August 22, 2023. An American research firm has been fined $1.5 million by China's government in a crackdown on information-gathering that has rattled foreign investors. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Women perform ancient rituals and rules in a museum at the Grand Baoen Temple Heritage and Scenic Area to celebrate Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, on August 22, 2023 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Yang Bo/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





Tightrope walkers walk on tightropes in the air during a slackline contest at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park on August 22, 2023 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. (Photo by Wu Yongbing/VCG via Getty Images)





In this photo taken on August 23, 2023, oyster farmers maneuver their boat at an oyster farm at Qiangjiao town in Ningbo, in China's eastern Zhejiang Province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Farmers spread corn on the ground for air-drying on August 24, 2023 in Shiyan, Hubei Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A man walks by a large screen at a shopping mall showing CCTV broadcasting news of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, in Beijing, Thursday, August 24, 2023. Public fears and frustrations are being shared in Japan's neighboring countries about the release of treated radioactive wastewater from a crippled nuclear power plant Thursday. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Aerial photo shows spectacular paddy field art displayed at the Shenyang Tanbo Art Farm in Shenyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man shows his tattoos at the 7th Hong Kong China International Tattoo Convention in Hong Kong on August 25, 2023. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)





An aerial view of Jiabang Terraced Fields on August 25, 2023 in Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province of China. (Photo by Wu Dejun/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial view of the green-yellow Han River after a heavy rainfall on August 27, 2023 in Xiangyang, Hubei Province of China. Heavy rainfall washes sand into the Han River, creating the colorful view. (Photo by Yang Dong/VCG via Getty Images)





Citizens watch as an elderly man dives into the Haihe River on August 27, 2023 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Cheng Xuliang/VCG via Getty Images)





An aerial photo shows first-grade students taking part in an initiation ceremony to learn about traditional culture at a primary school in Anlong County, in China's southwest Guizhou Province on August 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, center, hugs a young girl dressed in LinaBell costume as she tour the Shanghai Disneyland in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)