A vendor pours a drink at a commercial area in Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A woman holds a red paper with Chinese calligraphy "Good Fortune" as people line up to get the red paper which distributed by Baiyun Taoist Temple ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

People tour by a popular Hutong alley decorated with lanterns and Chinese well wishes calligraphy ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman walks past an elderly woman taking care of a toddler on a stroller near a huge display board carrying the words, "I Love Beijing, Happy New Year 2025," at the 798 art district in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman eats noodles along a crowded street at a commercial area in Beijing on Thursday Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

FILE - Workers refurbish an overhead pedestrian bridge in Shanghai, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

People walk beside a row of restaurants at a commercial area in Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)