A clerk counts renminbi banknotes at a bank outlet in Hai’an city in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, Monday, December 6, 2021 China’s central bank is trying to restrain the rise of the yuan after the currency hit a 2 1/2-year high against the dollar. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)
A photo taken with a drone shows workers assembling power lines on a transmission tower in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China, 06 December 2021. The Baihetan-Jiangsu ±800kV DC transmission project runs for over 63 kilometers passing through 12 towns. It is a key project in the national “Transmission of Power from Western to Eastern China” strategic deployment, which can effectively enhance Jiangsu’s power guarantee capacity and promote the large-scale optimisation of clean energy. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE)
In this image taken from video footage run by China’s CCTV, astronaut Wang Yaping, right, demonstrates how to consume water in zero gravity during a lesson for Chinese children through video link from the China’s space station orbiting earth on Thursday, December 9, 2021. (Photo by CCTV via AP Photo)
A vendor shows toys to young children on the street of Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Chinese leaders on Friday, December 10, 2021 promised tax cuts and support for entrepreneurs next year to shore up slumping economic growth after a campaign to rein in surging corporate debt caused bankruptcies and defaults among real estate developers. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)
A glossy ibis (L) is spotted in Panshan Village of Xinzhou Town, Danzhou City, south China’s Hainan Province, December 8, 2021. The glossy ibis, a close relative of the endangered crested ibis, is currently under China’s top level of state protection. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A staff member sits near a safety lantern carrying the Olympic flame of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics that is displayed on a podium inside the Olympic Tower, in Beijing, China on December 10, 2021. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)
A wild yak is pictured at the Qiangtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, September 25, 2021. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Competitors prepare for a harbor race at the Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, Sunday, December 12, 2021. Hundreds of people took part in traditional swim across iconic Victoria Harbor after two years of suspension. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs from residents at a nucleic acid testing site during a third round of mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Zhenhai district of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China on December 12, 2021. (Photo by Cnsphoto via Reuters)
A woman wearing a face mask run past the offices of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba in Beijing, Monday, December 13, 2021. An employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba who was fired after she went public with a sеxual assault allegation told a local newspaper that published Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, that she is not encouraging other victims in China to come forward because doing so “will only cause them to suffer more hurt”. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)
People wearing face masks hold flowers as they mourn for the victims of the Nanking Massacre at a mass burial site during the annual commemoration of the 1937 Nanking Massacre in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, Monday, December 13, 2021. China on Monday marking the 84th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, in which it says hundreds of thousands of civilians and disarmed soldiers were killed by Japanese soldiers in and around the former Chinese capital. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)
Students wearing face masks hold flowers mourn for the victims of the Nakjing Massacre at a mass burial site during the annual commemoration of the 1937 Nanking Massacre in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, Monday, December 13, 2021. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)
A man wearing a mask walks near decorations at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Chinese state media said Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, that the first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in the country’s mainland in Tianjin city just east of Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)
Visitors wear masks as they visit a mall in Beijing, China, Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Chinese state media said on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021 that the first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 had been detected in the country’s mainland in Tianjin city just east of Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)
Two women are rescued by a firefighter in a bucket crane outside the World Trade Centre located in the city’s popular Causeway Bay shopping district of Hong Kong, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)
People walk out from the World Trade Centre where is located in the city’s popular Causeway Bay shopping district of Hong Kong, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Dozens of people are trapped on the rooftop of the Hong Kong skyscraper after a major fire broke out Wednesday, as firefighters rushed to rescue them and put out the blaze. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
People take photos of the Shougang Big Air venue, which will host the big air freestyle skiing and snow boarding competitions at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Shougang Park in Beijing on December 15, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)
A banner of Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, a pro-establishment candidate, is displayed on a street in Hong Kong, Thursday, December 16, 2021. Hong Kong voters are preparing to vote for the first time this weekend since election laws were changed, amid a dearth of opposition candidates months after the city began cracking down on dissent. The legislative elections will be held on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
This photo taken on December 15, 2021 shows people visiting a book store in Foshan in China’s southern Guangdong province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)
Models showcase collection by designer Zhang Kejia during the 2021 Kunming Fashion Week on December 15, 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Li Jiaxian/China News Service via Getty Images)
