Life on the two sides of the Russia-China border

Chinese youngster Qi Ke hangs out with Russian friends on the bank of Amur River in Khabarovsk city in Russia. Amur is part of the border that separates China from Russia Photograph: Justin Jin

Chinese youngster Qi Ke gives instructions to waiters and waitresses working at his restaurant on the banks of the Amur River in Khabarovsk city Photograph: Justin Jin

Chinese migrants cook in their dormitory after working in a market in Khabarovsk city Photograph: Justin Jin

Stas Butov, 25, left, and his brother Roma, 33 sell used Japanese cars in Khabarovsk city Photograph: Justin Jin

Used Japanese vans in Khabarovsk city Photograph: Justin Jin

Waitresses working in a Chinese restaurant in Khabarovsk city pose for a photo Photograph: Justin Jin

Chinese migrants work in a market in Khabarovsk city Photograph: Justin Jin

A local woman and a Chinese migrant worker outside a clothes shop in Khabarovsk city Photograph: Justin Jin

Captain Alexander Udenka navigates a passenger hydrofoil along the Amur River from Khabarovsk city in Russia to Fuyuan, China Photograph: Justin Jin

Elderly woman laugh on a street corner in Fuyuan township Photograph: Justin Jin/Justin Jin

Russian women from Khabarovsk city on a shopping spree in Fuyuan town in China, just across the Amur River that separates Russia and China. Prices for goods and services are much lower in China. Photograph: Justin Jin

Russian youngsters from Khabarovsk city enjoy a Chinese meal on the boat on their way home from a shopping spree in Fuyuan Photograph: Justin Jin