An image of Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, 23 September 2023. The 2022 Asian Games were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and are held between 23 September and 08 October 2023. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE)





Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, September 23, 2023. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, September 23, 2023. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, travelers prepare to catch their trains at the crowded Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Tens of millions of Chinese tourists are expected to travel within their country, splurging on hotels, tours, attractions and meals in a boost to the economy during the 8-day autumn holiday period that began Friday. (Photo by Wu Zhizun/Xinhua via AP Photo)





Women wearing traditional dresses look at their cellphones at West Lake during the first day of the holidays due to the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day in Hangzhou, China on September 29, 2023. (Photo by Nicoco Chan/Reuters)





A woman wearing traditional Hanfu Chinese clothing poses for photographs along flowers during a Hanfu festival to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing, China on September 29, 2023. The Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival, is a traditional holiday celebrated on 15th day of the 8th lunar month. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA)





Members of the fire dragon dance team spin balls of joss sticks as the “dragon” winds through the narrow streets and houses during the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance in Hong Kong on September 29, 2023. Thousands of excited spectators packed the grid-like streets of a usually quiet Hong Kong neighbourhood on the night of September 29, eager for the resurrection of the city's fire dragon dance after a three-year pandemic-spurred dormancy. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





Volunteers watch the squash medal ceremony through the doors Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre in Hangzhou, China on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A young girl tries to reaches a candy hawthorn during mid autumn festival holiday near the venue of men's and women's sepaktakraw at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, China, Saturday, September 30, 2023. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Visitors watch an artist perform in a new night market during a weeklong national holiday in Nanning in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on September 30, 2023. Tourism in China bounced back to pre-pandemic levels during a recent eight-day national holiday, giving a temporary boost to the nation's flagging economy. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





Visitors lift their children to torch a dinosaur figure on display in a new night market during a weeklong national holiday in Nanning in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





A ferry carries passengers by illuminated Hongyadong cluster of traditional looking buildings crowded with tourists during a weeklong national holiday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





Tourists visit the Hongyadong scenic zone during the weeklong national holiday in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





A pro-China supporter waves Chinese national flag to celebrate National Day in Hong Kong, China on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A woman and two girls, one holding Chinese flags, pose in a flower field on the country's 74th National Day in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, October 1, 2023. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





A child talks to her mother behind a national flag as people gather on a street near Tiananmen Square to watch a flag-raising ceremony on the National Day in Beijing, Sunday, Octpber 1, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of people watched a flag-raising ceremony near Tiananmen Square on Sunday morning to celebrate the 74th National Day of the People's Republic of China. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





People crowd as they visit a section of the Great Wall during the National Golden Week holiday on October 2, 2023 in Beijing, China. The holiday begins with China's National Day on October 1st. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





Travelers go through gateways at an exit in Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, east China, 06 October 2023. The day marks the last day of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday. (Photo by EPA/Xinhua News Agency)





This aerial photo taken on October 6, 2023 shows people taking photos among pink muhly grass at a park in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People struggle with umbrellas while walking against strong wind, as Typhoon Koinu approaches, in Hong Kong, China on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)