A boy hides himself on a statue as people wait for their seats outside a restaurant on a sweltering day in Beijing, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Cute giant pandas at China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province on July 26, 2023. (Photo byRex Features/Shutterstock)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, waves are seen off the coast of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Typhoon Doksuri is expected to make landfall in China after bringing deadly landslides to the Philippines. (Photo by Wei Peiquan/Xinhua via AP Photo)





Staff members load new navigational symbols onto the ship Haixun 153 at Luanjiakou Port in Yantai, Shandong province, China on July 27, 2023. In recent days, the Yantai Navigation Beacon Office of the North Sea Navigation Support Center of the Ministry of Transport has carried out centralized inspection and replacement of navigation beacons in the area under its jurisdiction to ensure the safety and order of the maritime navigation environment during the transit of Super Typhoon Doksuri. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A woman walks past a store with a sign which reads “Clearing at a lost, left-over sizes clearance” at a store in Beijing, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Chinese leader Xi Jinping's government is promising to drag the economy out of a crisis of confidence aggravated by tensions with Washington, wilting exports, job losses and anxiety among foreign companies about an expanded anti-spying law. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A vendor selling slippers and umbrellas during a rainy day waits for customers in Beijing, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A man holds onto a table while on a bike in Beijing, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A vendor waits with her cat for customers at a store in Beijing, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A police officer walks through a flooded street caused by heavy rains after Typhoon Doksuri landfall in Xiamen, in China's eastern Fujian province on July 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Traffic police cordon off a flooded area as typhoon Doksuri brings strong winds and gales on July 28, 2023 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province of China. (Photo by Shi Yong/VCG via Getty Images)





Rescuers evacuate residents in a flooded area after Typhoon Doksuri landfall in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on July 28, 2023. (Photo by CNS/AFP Photo)





A man steps over a fallen tree in the aftermath of Typhoon Doksuri in Jinjiang city in southeastern China's Fujian province Friday, July 28, 2023. Typhoon Doksuri has made landfall in China after bringing deadly landslides to the Philippines. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





Dancers perform during the 2023 Summer Universiade Opening Ceremony at Dong'an Lake Sports Park Stadium on July 28, 2023 in Chengdu, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)





Hong Kong singers Gillian Chung (L) and Charlene Choi pose on the red carpet ahead of the Kenzo fashion show at the North Bund Bay in Shanghai on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





Models present creations for Kenzo by Japanese fashion designer Tomoaki Nagao aka Nigo during Kenzo fashion show at the North Bund Bay in Shanghai on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





A model presents a creation for Kenzo by Japanese fashion designer Tomoaki Nagao aka Nigo during Kenzo fashion show at the North Bund Bay in Shanghai on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





An attendant checks the alignment of items on the table ahead of the 9th China-France High Level Economic and Financial Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China, 29 July 2023. The Dialogue is co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and Minister of Economy of France, Bruno Le Maire. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA)





Participants dressed in costumes present during the finals of the Beijing Middle Age and Senior Modelling Contest in Beijing, China on July 29, 2023. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A man smokes as he walks through a village damaged by floodwaters in the Mentougou District as continuous rainfall triggers alerts in Beijing, Monday, July 31, 2023. (Phoot by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Cosplayers walk on a shopping street, in Shanghai, China on July 31, 2023. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)