Manzhouli has more shopping malls than some American cities of comparable size. Look around, because you never know what you might see. It’s a lot of fun.
Also, if you want to practice speaking Russian in China, this is the city to be in.
Manzhouli, a border city on the grassland
Manzhouli is a sub-prefecture-level city located in Hulunbuir prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. It is the busiest land port of entry of China, and means “exuberant spring” in Mongolian.
Manzhouli is small and exquisite, outside the city, there are miles of grass. In the city streets, Russians pass by, smooth and delicate ancient Greece and Rome architectures, imprint of the Sino-Russian economic and cultures can be seen everywhere here. Constructions in the streets have vivid colors, and the door of each store is filled with Chinese, Russian, and Mongolian, but generally Russian occupies the majority position.
As a border town, Manzhouli is filled with exotic, and the colors of architectures are very bright, you can not imagine such a beautiful building turn out to be a disease prevention and control center.
During the day, Manzhouli is particularly quiet, not many pedestrians in the street, while the night falls, bright lights, dancing crowd, flashing neon bars, full of life. Local people said that the Russian people like to sleep late, they usually come out at night, it is hard to meet a Russian in the day.
Manzhouli is China’s busiest land port of entry, and is responsible for 60% of all imports from and exports to Eastern Europe. Trains from Beijing to Moscow on the Trans-Manchurian branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway pass through Manzhouli Railway Station. Not to be missed in town is the Russian Doll market a mere 500m from the border with Russia, featuring a hotel in the shape of a Russian Dol
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