Cyclists cross a colourful footbridge in a park in Shandong province, Qingdao, China on September 9, 2019. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Feature China/Barcroft Media)





A villager drying chillis in Tongren, China on August 24, 2019. (Photo by Costfoto/Barcroft Media)





High school students make vows during an activity to commemorate who died in their resistance against Japanese invasion on September 17, 2019 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. This year marks the 88th anniversary of the September 18 Incident. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/VCG via Getty Images)





This photo taken on September 2, 2019 shows a laboratory technician sitting with a surrogate mother dog at the Chinese company Sinogene, a pet cloning outfit which has cloned more than 40 pet dogs since 2017, in Beijing. To clone a dog costs a hefty 380,000 yuan (53,000 USD) and 250,000 yuan (35,000 USD) for a cat. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Members of a military honour guard parade during a welcome ceremony for Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov (not seen) outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 27, 2019. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP Photo)





A man is reflected on surveillance cameras at the annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China on September 18, 2019. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





This aerial photo taken on September 23, 2019 shows the image of a Chinese map and a national flag formed by dried chili peppers during the harvest season in Zhangye in China's northwestern Gansu province, as farmers celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A mural extolling the virtues of the Communist party’s education policy in Beijing, China on August 20, 2019. The party has ruled China for 70 years. (Photo by UPI/Barcroft Media)





Visitors look at Xiaomi MIX Alpha smartphones after the Xiaomi new 5G smartphone product launch ceremony in Beijing, China, 24 September 2019. Xiaomi releases its new mobile phone products “Mi 9 Pro 5G” and “Xiaomi MIX Alpha” on 24 September 2019. (Photo by Wu Hong/EPA/EFE)





Bystanders looks at her mobile phone from a Victoria's Secret store as police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on September 8, 2019. Riot police on September 8 chased groups of hardcore protesters who blocked roads, vandalised nearby subway stations and set makeshift barricades on fire as the evening set in, while an earlier main daytime rally saw pro-democracy activists marching to the United States consulate in Hong Kong in a bid to ramp up international pressure on Beijing following three months of huge and sometimes violent protests. (Photo by Vivek Prakash/AFP Photo)





People watch the water released by Sanmenxia Dam on August 28, 2019 in Sanmenxia, Henan Province of China. Sanmenxia Dam discharges water to prevent floods. (Photo by Sun Meng/VCG via Getty Images)





Tractors pulling trailers full of tomatoes line queue outside a process factory in Sandaoqiao, Inner Mongolia, China on September 4, 2019. (Photo by Liu Shiping/Xinhua News Agency/Barcroft Media)





Workers harvest Gordon Euryale seeds in a paddy field in Jiangsu province, Taicang, China on September 9, 2019. (Photo by Costfoto/Barcroft Media)





Police conduct a clearance operation against anti-government protesters in the Yau Ma Tei district of Hong Kong on August 17, 2019, in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city. Hong Kong democracy activists kicked off a weekend of fresh rallies on August 17 in a major test for the movement following criticism over an airport protest earlier this week – and as concerns mount over Beijing's next move. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)





Breeders hold Chinese flags and panda cubs born in 2019 as they pose for pictures during an event marking the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China September 24, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Aerial view of new students participating in a quilt-folding competition on playground during the military training of Dongyang Vocational Education Center School on August 26, 2019 in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province of China. More than 1,400 new students participated in a quilt-folding competition on Monday in Dongyang Vocational Education Center School, Zhejiang. (Photo by Hu Yanghui/VCG via Getty Images)





The Mascot of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Bing Dwen Dwen, is seen unveiled during a launching ceremony at Shougang Ice Hockey Arena on September 17, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Xinyu Cui/Getty Images)





Workers transfer products made with soybeans imported from Brazil at a port in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on September 19, 2019. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A man sits inside a light rail at Wan Chai neighborhood in Hong Kong, China, August 23, 2019. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)





People visit the first Chinese location of the U.S. hypermarket chain Costco Wholesale Corp store in Shanghai, China on August 28, 2019. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A Mass Transit Railway (MTR) train is seen derailed on the East Rail line in Hong Kong, China on September 17, 2019. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Planes from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force fly during a rehearsal of the military parade on October 1 to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, China on September 22, 2019. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A Chinese military plane flies above the central business district in Beijing, Sunday, September 15, 2019. Many of the streets in the central part of China's capital were shut down this weekend for a rehearsal for what is expected to be a large military parade on Oct. 1 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Communist China. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Demonstrators, seen from inside a tram, link hands along a street in Hong Kong, Friday, August 23, 2019. Supporters of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement created human chains on both sides of the city's harbor Friday, inspired by a historic protest 30 years ago in the Baltic states against Soviet control. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





People walk past walls littered with anti-government notes and slogans know as “Lennon Walls” in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Saturday, September 21, 2019. The original “Lennon Wall” was first created in Prague after the assassination of Beatles band member John Lennon. It was covered with art, notes as well as lyrics from The Beatles music. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)





In this September 21, 2018, photo, Han Chinese ride in a tricycle passing by farmhouses at the Unity New Village in Hotan, in western China's Xinjiang region. The Trump administration, locked in a trade war with China, is increasing the pressure on Beijing over what it says is the systematic oppression of ethnic minority Muslims. American officials hosted a panel Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly gathering in New York to highlight the plight of Uighurs, whose native land in China’s far western Xinjiang province they say is a police state. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





People pay respect to mark the 43th anniversary of former leader Mao Zedong's death on September 9, 2019 in Harbin, China. (Photo by Tao Zhang/Getty Images)





A junk boat passes the skyline as seen from the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong, China, August 27, 2019. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A worker paints on the wall of Jiangsu Women and Children Health Hospital on September 4, 2019 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. The wall painting of “a girl drawing colorful houses” is a part of Jiangsu Women and Children Health Hospital's “Angel Plan” which hopes to heal people's soul with arts. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





Couples attend a mass wedding at the city's municipal government building ahead of the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China on September 22, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





A woman rides a bike with her dog while watching protesters outside the Mong Kok police station on September 08, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. Pro-democracy protesters have continued demonstrations across Hong Kong despite the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill as demonstrators call for the city's Chief Executive Carrie Lam to immediately meet the rest of their demands, including an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word “riot” to describe the rallies, and the right of Hong Kong residents to vote for their own leaders. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)





People try to get a roast chicken at the first Costco outlet in China, on the stores opening day in Shanghai on August 27, 2019. China has proved a brutal battleground for overseas food retailers in recent years, with many failing to understand consumer habits and tastes as well as local competitors building a stronger presence. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)