Trek to New York Stopped

Jan. 15, 2010

Far East border guards have detained a Chinese man who said he was traveling to New York from China by foot, RIA-Novosti reported Thursday.

The traveler, a young man who was not identified, was expensively dressed and carried a compass, a passport and 14,000 yuan ($2,000), said Natalya Rondaleva, a spokeswoman for the Primorye branch of the border service.

Border guards detained the man on the outskirts of Dalnerechensk, a town on Russia’s border with China, and he said he had just crossed the frozen Ussuri River on the border.

(MT)

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