Anti-China protests take toll on border trade

Flow of tourists and trucks dries up at once-busy crossing, report Yang Yang and Huo Yan in Pingxiang and Dongxing counties, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region

It was not even the end of May, but the fierce early-summer sun and high humidity made Friendship Pass in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region almost unbearably hot.

The pass, one of the major tourist and cargo routes between China and Vietnam, was usually filled with cars and trucks. Recently, however, the flood of tourists and vehicles has trickled to a standstill.