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A border guard pulls sentry duty in Manzhouli, the most trafficked border crossing between China and Russia, on March 16, 2009. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Stores in the Chinese border city of Manzhouli have larger signs in Russian than in Chinese, a sign of the local reliance on trade with Russia. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Along China's border with Russia at the city of Manzhouli, Chinese have constructed a number of buildings in Russian style to please Russian tourists and traders, March 15, 2009. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Rita Parfionev, a Russian shopper for Irkutsk, said she'd come to the Chinese border city of Manzhouli, March 16, 2009, because prices are a half or a third of what they are in Russia. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Few traders arrived at a shopping center along the border between China and Russia at Manzhouli, March 16, 2009. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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At the Chinese border city of Manzhouli, a refrigerated case offering Coca-Cola has lettering in both Russian and Chinese, March 16, 2009. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Waitress Viktoria Samarkina greets diners at a Russian restaurant in the Chinese border city of Manzhouli on March 16, 2009. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Russian license plates are a common sight in Manzhouli, a Chinese border city. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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A bright afternoon sun illuminates part of the main square in Manzhouli, a border outpost in China's far north, on March 15, 2009. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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At the Chinese border city of Manzhouli, a refrigerated case offering Coca-Cola has lettering in both Russian and Chinese.
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