In this February 25, 2019, photo, a man eats bread as he walks by a wall covering a deserted commercial building structure along a hutong alley near Qianmen Avenue, a popular tourist spot in Beijing. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, March 5, 2019 photo, a security official tries to keep journalists back from the steps of the Great Hall of the People as delegates arrive for the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. The annual meeting of China's legislature is a highly scripted affair, but quirky moments and offbeat details lurk around the edges and behind the scenes. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A security officer and an attendant keep watch at an entrance to the plenum of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2019. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Bus ushers line up for a group photo during the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. China's government announced a robust annual economic growth target and a 7.5 percent rise in military spending Tuesday at a legislative session overshadowed by a tariff war with Washington. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Attendants gesture as they prepare before a group discussion session held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in the Tibet Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The Chinese Communist Party chief for Tibet said on Wednesday that the Dalai Lama has not done a “single good thing” for the region. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Security personnel check the seats with torches at the end of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 5, 2019. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Journalists report outside the Great Hall of the People during the opening session in Beijing, China on March 5, 2019. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Tourists take photos of the daily flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square on the eve of the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. A year since removing any legal barrier to remaining China's leader for life, Xi Jinping appears firmly in charge, despite a slowing economy, an ongoing trade war with the U.S. and rumbles of discontent over his concentration of power. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A police delegate speaks to reporters outside the Great Hall of the People after the opening session in Beijing, China on March 5, 2019. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Attendants pose for pictures outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on March 5, 2019. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A woman takes a photo of a female police officer holding a bouquet of flowers on Tiananmen Square to mark International Women's Day during a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A media reporter uses mobile phones to do live broadcasts during the second plenary session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) outside the Great Hall of the People (GHOP) in Beijing, China, 08 March 2019. The NPC has over 3,000 delegates and is the world's largest parliament or legislative assembly though its function is largely as a formal seal of approval for the policies fixed by the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. The NPC runs alongside the annual plenary meetings of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), together known as “Lianghui” or “Two Meetings'”. (Photo by Wu Hong/EPA/EFE)





Tourists are seen at Wangfujing street in central Beijing, China on February 28, 2019. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A street artist performs in a costume as Bumblebee, a character from the Transformers film franchise, near the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China, 03 March 2019. During weekends the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront attracts street performers and tourists alike. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA/EFE)





Women are reflected on silver panels of the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton flagship store at the Central Business District in Beijing, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. China will bar government authorities from demanding overseas companies hand over technology secrets in exchange for market share, a top economic official said Wednesday, addressing a key complaint at the heart of the current China-U.S. trade dispute. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Students stand on chairs as they cheer at an oath-taking rally for the annual national entrance examinations, or “gaokao” in June, at a high school in Zhumadian, Henan province, China February 27, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





In this March 3, 2018, photo, people check on travel packages offered by travel agencies during the Guangzhou International Travel Fair in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province. Travelers in China were blocked from buying plane tickets 17.5 million times last year as a penalty for failing to pay fines or other offenses. The Chinese government reported this week on penalties imposed under a controversial “social credit” system the ruling Communist Party says will improve public behavior. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





A woman carries a paper bag containing goods purchased from American brand Abercrombie & Fitch walks past an Apple store at the capital city's popular shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, February 26, 2019. American companies in China increasingly worry U.S.-Chinese relations will deteriorate and are “hedging their bets” by delaying investment or moving operations, a business group reported Tuesday. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





People watch the controlled demolition of an eight-storey “nail house” that stood on a road in Haikou, Hainan province, China on February 24, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





Sculptural artist Zhangzhen 33 with models wearing his masks of US President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un seen on February 20, 2019 in Wuhan, China. The second Trump-Kim summit is to be held in Vietnam by the end of February 2019. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)





Girls of the Long Horn Miao ethnic minority wear headdresses as they stand near their house after Tiaohua or Flower Festival as part of the Lunar New Year on February 7, 2017 in Xiaobatian village, Guizhou province, southern China. The Long Horn Miao are recognized for their declining practice of wrapping a blend of linen, wool, and the hair of their ancestors around animal horns or a wooden clip to make headdresses. Many young women say they now wear the headdresses only for special occasions and festivals, as the ornaments, which are attached by the horns to their real hair, have proved impractical for modern daily life in a fast changing world. China officially recognizes 56 different ethnic minorities, and statistics show over 7 million Chinese identifying themselves as Miao. But the small Long Horn Miao community counts only around 5000 people living in 12 villages, whose age-old traditions, language, and culture are fading. It is increasingly difficult in a modernizing China, as young people are drawn from remote rural villages to opportunities in bigger cities amongst wide-scale urbanization. Farming and labour remain the mainstays of life for the Long Horn Miao, leaving the area relatively poor in comparison with many parts of China. The government has invested significant amounts into local infrastructure and the tourism industry to try to bolster the local economy. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)