A woman gets a swab at a nucleic acid testing station, set up city-wide to trace possible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks in Beijing, China on September 13, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Gan Yu, a hydropower station worker who had gone missing for 17 days after an earthquake, lies on the backseat of a helicopter after he was found and evacuated to Luding County in southwestern China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 (Photo by Xinhua via AP Photo)





A David's Deer with bag attached to its horns stands on Tiaozini Wetland, near Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China, 21 September 2022. Tiaozini Wetland is located on the coast of Dongtai County, Yancheng. The unique geographical location of Tiaozini wetland makes it a central node and key area on the East Asia-Australasian migratory bird flight route. Covering an area of more than 3,000 acres, Hongaodi, the area of Artemisia Vulgaris is one of the three largest breeding grounds for black-billed gulls in the world. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE)





Workers gather to begin their shift at the construction site of the new Workers' Stadium in Beijing, China on September 23, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Passengers move their luggage into a taxi to go to a quarantine hotel after arriving at the Hong Kong international airport in Hong Kong, Friday, Sepember 23, 2022. Hong Kong’s leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine in designated hotels as the city seeks to open up globally after nearly two years. (Photo by Lam Yik/AP Photo)





A food delivery rider wearing a face mask pushes his electric bike up to a pedestrian bridge in Beijing, Monday, September 26, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





This aerial photo taken on September 28, 2022 shows elementary school students colouring pictures ahead of the upcoming National Day in Handan in China's northern Hebei province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Visitors wearing masks look at captured Japanese flags at The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance against Japan in Beijing, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two countries normalized relations as part of a process that brought communist China into the international fold. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A child gestures holding a gun as he poses near a canon at Lugou Bridge also known as Marco Polo Bridge where it is generally remembered as the place from which an incident in 1937 started the Second Sino-Japanese War in Beijing, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A soldier looks at a line during a ceremony to mark Martyrs' Day at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, 30 September 2022. Martyr's Day is celebrated on the eve of National Day of the People's Republic of China to commemorate the people who sacrificed their lives in pursuit of national independence. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA/EFE)





Participants in ethnic minority dress carry flowers as they walk during a ceremony to mark Martyr's Day at the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Friday, September 30, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





People sit on a footbridge as they watch the sunrise at the East Lake Park on September 30, 2022 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (Photo by Chen Xuezi/VCG via Getty Images)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a member of the Chinese honor guard unfurls the Chinese national flag during a flag raising ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China held at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua via AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a woman holds up a card with the words “Dear Motherland, Hello!” as she attends the flag raising ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China held at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Ju Huanzong/Xinhua via AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese honor guard march to a flag raising ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China held at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Ju Huanzong/Xinhua via AP Photo)





Members of a Chinese honor guard carry floral wreaths during a commemorative ceremony to pay tribute to the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square on the Martyrs' Day on September 30, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





A child holds a Chinese flag during China's National Day in Hong Kong, China, 01 October 2022. China celebrates its National Day on 01 October 2022, marking the 73rd founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China. (Photo by Miguel Candela/EPA/EFE)





People dressed in Han dynasty costumes hold Chinese flags during China's National Day in Hong Kong, China, 01 October 2022. (Photo by Miguel Candela/EPA/EFE)





People's Liberation Army soldiers march along a road at the end of the flag raising ceremony during National Day in Beijing, China, on Saturday, October 1, 2022. Beijing's Covid Zero strategy remains a major threat to growth, with key cities like Chengdu only recently emerging from lockdowns. Tourism has been decimated and travel during the upcoming National Day holidays in October is being discouraged. (Photo by Bloomberg)





People dressed in Han dynasty costumes hold Chinese flags during China's National Day in Hong Kong, China, 01 October 2022. (Photo by Miguel Candela/EPA/EFE)





People's Liberation Army soldiers stand along a road at the end of the flag raising ceremony during National Day in Beijing, China, on Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Bloomberg)





Members of the public attend the flag raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square during National Day in Beijing, China, on Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Bloomberg)