A blue observation point contrasts with the orange winter foliage of the metasequoia trees – dawn redwoods – at Huanghai Forest Park on the east coast of China in the second decade of December 2024. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)

A woman wearing traditional Chinese costumes holds two snake figurines as she poses for a photo by Houhai Lake in Beijing on January 26, 2025, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake which falls on January 29. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)

This photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows a woman taking photos as people look at cherry blossoms in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

Visitors look out from a balcony in a quiet mall area with closed retail shops and restaurants only offering takeaway on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Beijing. China's capital began another round of three days of mass testing for millions of its residents Tuesday in a bid to prevent an outbreak from growing to Shanghai proportions. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

A man walks with his dog riding on a scooter across a square on August 9, 2022 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Yang Bo/China News Service via Getty Images)

A woman rides an electric bicycle on her way as she wears a sunscreen mask towards off strong ultraviolet rays in Fuyang, China on August 14, 2022. The Central Meteorological Observatory of China issued a high-temperature red warning. It is expected that the maximum temperature in some parts of China will reach above 40°C on August 14. (Photo by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A woman moves a sandbag along a flooded road in the aftermath of the heaviest recorded rainfall in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Rescuers used bulldozers and rubber boats to move residents out of flooded neighborhoods in central China on Saturday after torrential rains killed at least 56 people. (Photo by Dake Kang/AP Photo)

A girl wearing a mask to help curb the spread of the corona virus runs through a fountain in Beijing, China, Thursday, August 26, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)