The Bund Bull statue.

A woman poses for pictures while standing next to the Bund Bull statue.

A customer using self-check out tills, paying with a smartphone at a Walmart supermarket.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

A man wipes down a lion statue in front of a bank on the Bund.

A man wipes down a lion statue in front of a bank on the Bund.

A man stands on the banks of the Pearl River.

A man stands on the banks of Yangtze River where a thick haze shrouds the Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge.

A woman shoulders a long pipe as her crew walk on the banks of the Yangtze River which is shrouded in heavy haze.

An employee makes notes while making a call from a telephone capsule at the Aegon headquarters building.

An employee at work in his office at the Aegon headquarters.

An employee makes a phone call from his office in the Aegon headquarters.

Staff socialise over coffee in a breakout area at Aegon's headquarters.