Workers sort out parcels at a distribution center for e-commerce platform JD.com in Beijing, Saturday, November 11, 2023. Shoppers in China have been tightening their purse strings, raising questions over how faltering consumer confidence may affect the annual Singles' Day online retail extravaganza. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





This aerial photo taken on November 13, 2023 shows a view of a wetland in Yancheng, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Farmers work at a tea plantation on a hill surrounded by clouds on November 14, 2023 in Hefeng County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A villager transports persimmons for air-drying on November 14, 2023 in Yiyuan County, Zibo City, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





This aerial photo taken on November 15, 2023 shows tourists enjoying snow scenery of the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua/Alamy Live News)





Farmers harvest vegetables at a field in Cengong, in China's southwestern Guizhou province on November 15, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





This photo taken on November 16, 2023 shows an employee working at a petrochemical complex in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A woman looks at an outdoor light intsallation as she visits the Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival at a park on November 18, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





British artist Sam Cox, better known as Mr. Doodle, draws on a model spaceship for a live art performance at Central MTR Station in Hong Kong on November 19, 2023. A Hong Kong transport hub was taken over November 19 by googly eyed aliens, extraterrestrial jellyfish and a cast of eccentric characters – all part of a live performance by British artist Sam Cox, better known as Mr Doodle. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)





A winding, hardened road passes through villages in the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains in Anqing city, Anhui province, China on November 19, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Visitors ride the Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs roller coaster ride after opening ceremony of the World of Frozen themed area at Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong, Monday, November 20, 2023. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)





An elderly man rides a bicycle with bird cages on a street in Beijing on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





The Canton Tower and skyscrapers are illuminated during a rehearsal for the 2023 Guangzhou International Light Festival on November 20, 2023 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. The 12th Guangzhou International Light Festival will be held from November 21 to 30. (Photo by Wu Wenjun/VCG via Getty Images)





Employees work on solar photovoltaic modules at a factory in Haian in China's eastern Jiangsu province on November 21, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A child peers through the visor of a windbreaker on an electric scooter while returning from school in Beijing on November 22, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





Women of the Miao ethnic minority, dressed in traditional costumes, take part in the celebration of the Guzang Festival in Leishan county, in China's southwestern Guizhou province on November 22, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Cars make their way during snowfall in Dalian, in China's northeastern Liaoning province on November 23, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People wait for their rides outside a children's hospital in Beijing, China on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Florence Lo/Reuters)





A winter swimming enthusiast prepares to swim in a lake in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province on November 24, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A winter swimming enthusiast dives into a lake in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province on November 24, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)