A building crumbles during a controlled demolition conducted to better protect the nearby ancient area of the city in Datong, Shanxi province, China, August 8, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





The words “Rio Olympics, go Shanghai, go China” are displayed on Shanghai Tower during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, in Shanghai, China, August 9, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A man performs walking on the blade of a giant machete in Duyun, Guizhou province, August 9, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A newly married couple lie on a canvas mat as they are lowered from a glass bridge during a promotional event for the tourist spot, on Chinese Valentines' Day in Pingjiang, Hunan province, China, August 9, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A newly married couple lie on a canvas mat as they are lowered from a glass bridge during a promotional event for the tourist spot, on Chinese Valentines' Day in Pingjiang, Hunan province, China, August 9, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





People have local traditional cupping treatment at a clinic in Pujiang county, Chengdu, China, August 10, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





People have local traditional cupping treatment at a clinic in Pujiang county, Chengdu, China, August 10, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





People have local traditional cupping treatment at a clinic in Pujiang county, Chengdu, China, August 10, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A man watches buffalos cross a river as they head to another grazing area, in Nanchong, Sichuan province, China, August 10, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





People play during their match at a swamp soccer tournament in Beijing, China, August 13, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





People cool off at a swimming pool in Fuyang, Anhui Province, China, August 13, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Men carry a dog, wearing a costume and seated on a stool, as a form of respect as they believe that dogs found water for their ancestors, during a local festival for the Miao ethnic minority in Jianhe county, Guizhou Province, China, August 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





Men carry a dog, wearing a costume and seated on a stool, as a form of respect as they believe that dogs found water for their ancestors, during a local festival for the Miao ethnic minority in Jianhe county, Guizhou Province, China, August 14, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)





A worker cleans the Qinghe River of dead plants in the outskirts of Beijing, China, August 15, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Workers clean the Qinghe River in the outskirts of Beijing, China, August 15, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Workers rest from loading dead plants they removed from Qinghe River in the outskirts of Beijing, China, August 15, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Fishing boats at berth in Beihai port as Typhoon Nida approaches in Guangxi Zhuang, China on August 2, 2016. (Photo by Xinhua/Barcroft Images)





In this picture taken on July 26, 2016 Tibetan nomad horseman throw papers leafs with prayers written on them as high as they can next to their horse for good luck ahead of a horse race on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County. Set between emerald hills on the Himalayan plateau, some 3,700 metres above sea level, Yushu's annual equine festival is billed as a showcase of Chinese government support for Tibetan culture. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on July 27, 2016 shows performers dressed in traditional Yi costumes at the Torch Festival in Xichang, in China's Sichuan province. For centuries, the Yi people of southwestern China have celebrated their biggest holiday of the year, the torch festival, over three days during the sixth lunar month. (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP Photo)





Children swim in Houhai lake during hot weather in Beijing, China, 10 August 2016. Local residents enjoy swimming in the lake to cool down during continuous high temperatures. (Photo by Wu Hong/EPA)





In this Friday, July 22, 2016 photo, Chinese fans cheer during a concert by the South Korean K-Pop group Winner in Shanghai. Chinese anger at South Korea over its decision to deploy an U.S. anti-missile defense system appears to be threatening everything from appearances by the stars of K-Pop to future cooperation on North Korea at the United Nations. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





In this picture taken on July 25, 2016, a woman looks at her smartphone while sitting in a inflatable ring in a pool in Chengdu in Sichuan province. China had 1.3 billion mobile users by the end of 2015, and nearly 30 percent of them – a swathe of humanity larger than the whole population of the United States – were connected to the 4G network, according to its ministry of industry and information technology. (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on August 2, 2016 shows rescuers searching for missing people after a giant sinkhole opened up on a road in Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province. Sinkholes are known geological phenomenona that usually occur predominantly in areas that have been heavily mined or on reclaimed land. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





This photo taken on August 10, 2016 shows Chinese workers making Santa Claus dolls at a toy factory in Ganyu district in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province. China's retail sales growth slowed sharply in July, government statistics showed on August 12, missing expectations in a disappointing sign for the world's second-largest economy as authorities look to consumer demand to push growth. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





An old couple at the age of around 60 hold a Chinese traditional wedding in Hangzhou City, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province on August 4, 2016, to embrace the upcoming Chinese Valentine's Day. The couple Zhang Chunhua and Han Xuelu got married simply without a wedding thirty-five years ago. With the deep love towards handicrafts, they spent more than 16 hours in making handicrafts of ships every day. They had won the first prize of China Folk Art Expo for their outstanding handicraft skills. They have been living a simple and unadorned life in a small house of 50 square meters with a low daily income of about RMB 100 yuan. (Photo by Zhu Weiguo/ZUMA Press/Splash News)