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China borders 14 countries by land, each one of them has one's unique border crossing system. Be ware how these systems works from both directions, travelers.

Khunjerab Pass
The Khunjerab or Khunjerav Pass between China and Pakistan is a 4693 meter above sea level land border crossing built on the Karakoram Highway in 1979. Its history dates back to 1959 when Chinese and Pakistanis agreed to build a transnational highway together across the mighty Karakoram Mountain range.

The border crossing process begins at the town of Sost in Pakistan side and the town of Tashkurgan in China.

Manzhouli-Zabaikalsk Pass
The Manzhouli-Zabaikalsk Pass is a railway border crossing on the Trans-Manchurian railway. Trains from Russian stations, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and Chita stop regularly at Zabaikalsk, while trains from Chinese stations, Harbin and Beijing stop at Manzhouli.

The service from Irkutsk decouples from from a Irkutsk-Kharbarosk at Chita waiting six hours before coupling with the Chita-Zabaikalsk service. It is possible to look arround Chita during this break or stay on the carriage in the shunting yards. Toilets are closed for the full 6 hours with the station a 15 min walk away. The route Chita-Zabaikalsk is serviced daily. If you get off in Zabaikalsk, you need to take a bus to cross the boarder to Manzhouli but you have to buy the train ticket at Manzhouli at the spot(no pre-booking service). http://www.poezda.net/ can be used to check train schedules.

Alas, you can cross the border town from Zabaikalsk to Manzhouli by bus. The bus station is located 800 m from the train station. After leaving the train, head along the platform in the direction from which the train came. Take the footbridge out of the station then follow the station fence in the direction the train was heading (ie China). Look out for the flashing lights on the giant welcome gate.

Expect no one in Zabaikalsk bus station or officials on either side of this border to speak English.

Several busses run daily between Zabaikalsk and Manzhouli, China. The last bus from Zabaikalsk bus station (located near the train station) leaves 15:10 so it might be a good idea to arrive there earlier as Zabaikalsk is not propably a place where you are interested to stay overnight.

Busses arrive at the city centre of Manzhouli.

Bus tickets for this route are 300 rubles plus 100 rubles for baggage. An additional fee of 200 rubles is paid on the Chinese side of the border.