A faithful prays near a statue of the Virgin Mary outside the Xishiku Catholic Church on Christmas Day in Beijing, Monday, December 25, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





The main snow sculpture is on display during the 36th Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Exposition on December 27, 2023 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A street cleaner works as fog and air pollution shroud buildings in Qingzhou, in China's eatern Shandong province on December 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Tourists view Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River in the frigid winter on December 28, 2023 in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province of China. Freezing winter air has turned Hukou Waterfall into an icy wonderland. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A citizen rides on a road with polluted air in heavy fog in Fuyang city, Anhui province, December 29, 2023. (Photo by CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)





Actors dressed as imperial soldiers perform “ice play”, one of the traditional ice sports of the royal family during the Qing Dynasty, on a frozen lake at Beihai Park in Beijing on December 29, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





A kindergarten child dressed in a traditional floral printed padded coat performs dragon dance to welcome the upcoming New Year's Day on December 29, 2023 in Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Tan Yunfeng/VCG via Getty Images)





Chinese artiste Kong Ning wears her latest creation titled "Solidified Snow" to raise awareness of global warming in the coming new year in Beijing, Sunday, December 31, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Craftsmen perform molten iron fireworks at a tourist attraction during the three-day New Year's Day holiday on December 30, 2023 in Feidong County, Hefei City, Anhui Province of China. (Photo by Ruan Xuefeng/VCG via Getty Images)





Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Revelers cheer before a countdown to the new year in Beijing, Sunday, December 31, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Artists react during the New Year's eve celebration at the Shougang Park in Beijing on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





People wear party glasses during the New Year's countdown event at the Shougang Park in Beijing on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, China on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





People release balloons during a New Year celebration in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on January 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A child jumps at a staircases at a shopping mall displaying dragons in Beijing, Monday, January 1, 2024. 2024, is the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese calendar. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Journalists film a prison van carrying activist publisher Jimmy Lai as it enters the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts where Lai's trial takes place in Hong Kong, Tuesday, January 2, 2024. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/AP Photo)





Cars wait to be loaded onto a ship for export at the port in Yantai, in China's eastern Shandong province on January 2, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





The photo taken on January 2, 2024 shows a bullfight between two bulls as spectators look on in Congjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A woman takes a smartphone photo of a dragon figure on display outside a luxury fashion retail store in Beijing, Tuesday, January 2, 2024. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese calendar. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)