YOUNG RUSSIAN TRADERS POSE AT THE GREATER HEIHE ISLAND FREE TRADE CENTRE IN HEIHE, 2002-09-06 (photo)

Young Russian traders from Blagoyeshchensk pose at the Greater Heihe Island free trade centre in the Chinese city of Heihe, September 6, 2002. Heihe is the first frontier trade crossing on the Sino-Russian border in China's Heilongjiang province. Every day goods worth about one million yuan ($120,000) are transported across the Heilongjiang River to the Russian city of Blagoyeshchensk. China and Russia, which share a 4,000-kilometre border, are negotiating a deal to build the first bridge across the river to enhance Sino-Russian border trade. Picture taken September 6. REUTERS/Andrew Wong ASW/RCS