This picture shows robot arms working at an automobile assembly factory in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on October 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Workers assemble cars at an automobile assembly factory in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on October 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Workers assemble cars at an automobile assembly factory in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on October 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

People walk past an advertisement poster along a business street in Beijing on October 23, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

A man and a woman pose foe a selfie with a bronze statue outside a mall at a business district in Beijing on October 23, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past advertisement poster along a business street in Beijing on October 23, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

People cross a street at a business district in Beijing on October 23, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

Excavators are seen at a construction site with the city's skyline in the background in Singapore on October 23, 2024. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMANROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)