This aerial photo taken on November 25, 2023 shows a flock of oriental white storks foraging at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. Coastal wetlands in the city of Tangshan are important habitats for migratory birds. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This aerial photo taken on November 27, 2023 shows fog over residential buildings in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A man carrying a child sits outside a children's hospital in Beijing, China on November 27, 2023. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A staff member fills a cup of beer at the Tsingtao booth during the first China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, China on November 28, 2023. (Photo by Florence Lo/Reuters)





A pro-democracy activist known as “Grandma Wong” protests outside the West Kowloon courts in a cordoned off area set up by police as closing arguments open in Hong Kong's largest national security trial of 47 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, Wednesday, November 29, 2023. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





Bullet trains are parked at the Nanjing South Bullet Train Depot in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This photo taken on December 2, 2023 shows pandas eating inside their enclosure at a zoo in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Workers build a giant snowman, about 20 meters in height, on the bank of Qunli River on December 3, 2023 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





This photo taken on December 5, 2023 shows a man swims near chunks of ice at a lake in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





This photo taken on December 5, 2023 shows two winter swimmers moving chunks of ice to create an area for swimming at a lake in Shenyang, in China’s northeastern Liaoning province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A vendor pushes a cart selling sugar-coated haws at the Drum Tower in Beijing, China on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A child interacts with an intelligent robot “Dayou” during 2023 World 5G Convention at Zhengzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center on December 6, 2023 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Tao/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial view of butter lamps lit on the square in front of the Puning Temple, also known as the Big Buddha Temple, at night to celebrate Butter Lamp Festival on December 7, 2023 in Chengde, Hebei Province of China. (Photo by Sun Zhanjun/VCG via Getty Images)





This aerial photo taken on December 9, 2023 shows tourists rowing boats at Luyang Lake wetland park in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





In this photo taken on December 10, 2023 workers build ice structures for the 25th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, in China's northern Heilongjiang province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Aerial view of cars covered by snow at a parking lot on December 11, 2023 in Beijing, China. Beijing welcomes its first snow in winter on December 10. (Photo by Song Yu/VCG via Getty Images)





A resident walks by snow covered bicycle of bike-sharing companies piled up on a sidewalk after a snow fall in Beijing, Monday, December 11, 2023. An overnight snowfall across much of northern China prompted road closures and the suspension of classes and train service on Monday. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A giant panda rests on a tree at a zoo after a snow fall in Beijing, Monday, December 11, 2023. An overnight snowfall across much of northern China prompted road closures and the suspension of classes and train service on Monday. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





Vehicles are driven on a road during a snowfall on December 10, 2023 in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province of China. (Photo by Yan Xin/VCG via Getty Images)





People walk in the snow in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, December 11, 2023. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)