Expat promotes cross-border friendships

Every morning during Spring Festival, a Russian woman appears at Hunchun Railway Station, which is served by China's high-speed rail network, in Jilin province. At the station, she answers passengers' questions in Chinese and Russian.

Recently, after entering the station, a Russian couple gave Marina Zotova the thumbs-up for helping them book tickets and for translating information about the station.

Zovota, from Vladivostok in East Russia, has acted as a volunteer at the station during the Spring Festival travel rush, known as Chunyun, for the past three years.