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Isnt that it doesnt fit chinas culture much full on the lights you know a little video. in two thousand and fourteen kazakhstan became a member of the your asian economic union the free trade zone desired by moscow on the other hand the chinese have invested twice as much in kazakhstan since that date. to bear has become a new outpost for this chinese presence just a hundred kilometers from russia and the border station of jaison. at the moment russias still thrilled by the chinese project of th...

Legal border crossing here are people that are walking across this river to get from guatemala to mexico. they walk. they swim. they also take rafts to illegally cross and whats amazing is nobody at this border station neither the guatemalan or mexican officials seem to mind. they let them cross every day. well go under the bridge to the raft area and show you what happens. right under where you can legally cross, this is where you illegally cross. right under this border station. this is the ra...

Illegally cross, right under the border station. this is the raft, the wood. we paid the equivalent of $1.30. were going to go along on this raging rafting trip. can i go with you? what you should know is these people, they tell us they are not planning to go to the united states. they just want to go to mexico. we ready? okay. everyone here is quiet. you got to duck your head so you dont get decapitated by the rope. weve crossed the international boundary and were in the nation of mexico. what ...

Journey can get off to an easy start. >> reporter: many people legally cross between guatemala and mexico. this is the gat mall land side. but most people do not have documentation to go from one country to other, including the people who want to end up in the yooits. what they do, not miles or hours away, right next to the legal border crossing wer here are people who are walking across this river to get from guatemala to mexico. they walk, they swim, they also take rafts to illegally cross. an...

Guatemalan officials seem to mind. they just let them cross. it happens all day. so were going give you a look. were going to go under this bridge to the raft area and show you what happens. right under where you can legally cross, this is where you illegally cross. right under this border station. this is the rafts, the inner tube, the wood. well paid our 10, which is the equivalent of a dollar. were going go along on this raging rapid trick. hola, hello. can i go with you? voy con ti? >> they ...

Cross between guatemala to mexico. the other side of this bridge is the mexican state of mexico. most dont have documentation to go from one country to the other. so what they do is something you will not see between the united states and mexico or the united states and canada for that matter. not miles away, not hours away, right next to the legal border crossing, here are people who are walking across this river to get from guatemala to mexico. they walk, they swim, they also take rafts to ill...

This is the far more basic version. the muddy shores of the river. im here in guatemala. that behind me is mexico. these rafts that are made of wood and inner tubes, many people who want to get to the united states who come from el salvador, honduras, guatemala, get on these rafts, go across the border and go into mexico without any problem whatsoever. nothing has changed here. this is the way its been for generations. people crossing the international frontier, despite the fact that about a ten...

Ready to go on this raft, made of huge inner tubes, and getting ready to cross into mexico and the united states. this river is active from sunrise to sunset. and in addition to all the police being here, not caring that people are crossing from guatemala into mexico, whats really amazing is a mile in this direction is the official border station. the official border station down there. so even though the border patrol people from guatemala and mexico work over there, they dont seem to care eith...

In this direction is the official border station. the official border station is right down there. even though the border patrol people for guatemala and mexico work over there, they dont seem to care either. this is a very active business. and the going rate right now for crossing is the equivalent of $1.30. and this is the family we just met, the little child and his parents. the man in the red shirt with the stick, he is the pilot of his raft. he is the guy that just got the $1.30. typically ...

Right now were in guatemala, the westernmost part of the country. across the river, the southernmost part of mexico. you can see throughout this river there are rafts of people who are trying to get across the border, and theyre doing it very easily. this is very unlike the border going to the united states. we have to be secret about it. i want to give you a look here to give you an idea of how open this is. there are police here. there are police all over here. and no one minds that people are...