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Chinese authorities closed its northeastern port Suifenhe, a city bordering Russia, on April 12, leaving dozens of Chinese who tried to return from Russia to China wandering on the streets on the Russian border.A week later, China’s border control in the south blocked entry to a group of Chinese banana farmers from Myanmar, as well as their goods, including several thousand trucks of bananas.
Every year, tens of thousands of Chinese farmers make a living by growing bananas in Myanmar and selling them in China.
The farmers had to kneel down to beg the Chinese border control officers.
Location: China–Myanmar border
We kneel down to beg our government, please help tens of thousands of banana farmers!
Woman kneeling down: Please help us! We invested a lot in growing the bananas. We will lose everything, lose all our life savings…
Border Control Official: Get up! Get up! - A border closing is also imposed on China’s eastern border, trapping a group of Chinese sailors on the East China Sea who tried to moor the ship in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province.
Sailors: We are Chinese sailors. We are all healthy. We want to go home.
Banner: We kneel down to beg Zhoushan Government. Please allow us to get back home.