A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People after the news conference following the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People after the news conference following the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People after the news conference following the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo 

Paramilitary police officers stand guard in a shopping district during the National People's Congress (NPC) in Shanghai, China, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard on the Tiananmen Square before the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People, on a polluted day in Beijing, China March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Paramilitary police officers march on the Tiananmen Square following the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People following the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC), on a polluted day in Beijing, China March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard near the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People following the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard on the Tiananmen Square, before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard on the Tiananmen Square, before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Paramilitary police officers stand guard along Changan Avenue, ahead of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo 

A police officer talks to a woman near paramilitary police officers standing guard at the Tiananmen Gate, ahead of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo 

Paramilitary police officers stand guard along Changan Avenue, ahead of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo 

A man poses under a portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong near police and paramilitary police officers standing guard at the Tiananmen Gate, ahead of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard at the building of the Delegation of the European Union in Beijing, China February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

Paramilitary police officers stand guard at the Bund in Shanghai, China, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Paramilitary soldiers secure the site after an attack on a police station in Karachi, Pakistan February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

Paramilitary police direct people lining up at a railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Paramilitary police direct people lining up at a railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Paramilitary police direct people lining up at a railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Police officers and paramilitary soldiers with riot gear stand near shipping containers used to block the area at the Red Zone, ahead of the planned true freedom march by the former Prime Minister Imran Khan to pressure the government to announce new elections, in Islamabad, Pakistan October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A screen grab taken from a video shows Carabinieri paramilitary police standing guard near the site where several were injured, including Monza's football player Pablo Mari, after a stabbing incident in Assago, near Milan, Italy October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Alex Fraser 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People before the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside outside the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard on the Tiananmen Square, before the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Paramilitary police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China, the central bank (PBOC), in Beijing, China September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A man walks past a paramilitary police officer keeping watch outside the Myanmar embassy in Beijing, China August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Carabinieri paramilitary police officers stand outside the Quirinale Palace on the day Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalition government risks collapse after the 5-Star Movement failed to support a parliamentary confidence vote, in Rome, Italy, July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Students line up near a paramilitary police officer to enter a venue for the annual national college entrance exam, or "gaokao", amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a high school in Beijing, China June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

Police and paramilitary forces stand guard near the barricades put up after Wednesday's demolition of illegal encroachments in a communally sensitive area in Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi, India April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Paramilitary police officers walk at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed, in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Paramilitary police officers walk at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed, in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Customers dine as they watch a screen showing news footage of paramilitary police officers working at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed in Wuzhou of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at a restaurant in Beijing, China March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A screen shows news footage of paramilitary police officers working at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Kunming to Guangzhou crashed in Wuzhou of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, while customers dine at a restaurant in Beijing, China March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

Paramilitary police officers stand guard on the Tiananmen Square before the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard near police officers walking with dogs on the Tiananmen Square, before the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People before the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard on the Tiananmen Square, in front of the Great Hall of the People, before the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard near police officers inspecting the Tiananmen Square before the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 5, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the Great Hall of the People after the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Paramilitary police officers keep watch on the Tiananmen Square, before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 4, 2022. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Olympics - Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics - Torch Relay - Beijing, China - March 2, 2022. A paramilitary police officer stands guard before the flame lighting ceremony at the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Yanqing district. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer keeps watch at an entrance to the British embassy, where the Ukraine flag flutters next to the Union Jack flag, in Beijing, China February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Paramilitary police officers march near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, ahead of the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

Paramilitary police officers wearing protective masks stand next to a lion statue at Yu Garden, during the Lantern Festival, People visit Yu Garden during the Lantern Festival, following a new surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Shanghai, China February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

2022 Beijing Olympics - Victory Ceremony - Alpine Skiing - Women's Super G - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 11, 2022. Paramilitary police officers march in a line at the venue. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "OLYMPICS DAY 8" FOR BEIJING 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS EDITOR'S CHOICE, SEARCH "REUTERS OLYMPICS TOPIX" FOR ALL EDITOR'S CHOICE PICTURES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

2022 Beijing Olympics - Victory Ceremony - Alpine Skiing - Women's Super G - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 11, 2022. Paramilitary police officers march in a line at the venue. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Men's Downhill - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 7, 2022. Paramilitary police officers keep watch at the route of a bus that takes members of the media from a hotel to a venue inside the closed loop at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

2022 Beijing Olympics - Alpine Skiing - Men's Downhill - National Alpine Skiing Centre, Yanqing district, Beijing, China - February 7, 2022. Paramilitary police officers keep watch at the route of a bus that takes members of the media from a hotel to a venue inside the closed loop at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

Paramilitary police officers keep watch outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, where the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be held later in the day, in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A paramilitary police officer carries a fence near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, where the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be held later in the day, in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer keeps watch near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, where the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be held later in the day, in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard outside the closed-loop "bubble", before the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A paramilitary police officer stands guard on a pedestrian overpass outside the closed-loop "bubble", before the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song