Chinese Citizens Stranded at Border Kneel Down to Beg

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.