According to the Google cache of this website: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:yTt0pVvStWsJ:www.chinanews.com.cn/2001-11-16/26/139273.html+%E4%B8%AD%E9%98%BF%E8%BE%B9%E5%A2%83&hl=zh-CN

China shares seven crossing points with Afghanistan. The writer of the article has visited two of the mountain passes. He mentioned that other than border checkpoints, sentry posts and tents put up by some nomads, there are no other humans around. The passes are impassable to all except horses and camels between October and April / May on account of snow. The article went on to describe attempts by refugees and weapon smugglers to cross the boundary into China.

Richard Lam

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From: Jesper Nielsen

To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1:42 AM

Subject: SV: [BoundaryPoint] China-Afghanistan

Poor photo, could be anywhere

http://english.people.com.cn/english/200110/09/eng20011009_81862.html

Jesper

Fra: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com ] På vegne af Jesper Nielsen
Sendt: 24. oktober 2005 19:32
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Emne: SV: [BoundaryPoint] China-Afghanistan

Its surely a high altitude border crossing.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/tajikistan/100k/10-43-101.jpg + attachment

Can it really be so busy?

Bigers encyclopaedia reports that China only got aware of this border in 1963, how odd that may sound.

Jesper

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Sendt: 24. oktober 2005 19:09
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Emne: [BoundaryPoint] China-Afghanistan

China and Afghanistan share a relatively small common border. Has
anyone seen a picture of the border crossing? Just after the U.S.
went into Afghanistan I saw a brief news item saying the border had
been "temporarily" closed, but I've never seen a picture of the actual
crossing.

Kirk