The land port of Erenhot, the largest on the China-Mongolia border, has registered record-high numbers in inbound and outbound travelers, local authorities said Saturday.
As of 18:00 Saturday, the land port had handled 2.596 million personnel entries and exits and some 693,000 vehicles, up 9.2 and 12.6 percent year on year, respectively, according to the port's entry-exit border inspection station.
This year, travelers from more than 70 countries and regions passed through this key transportation hub, with a peak of nearly 14,000 trips in a single day.
China-Mongolia border port handles record number of international travelers
Protesters took to the streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Wednesday, urging the United States to release Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
The U.S. launched a military strike on Venezuela on Jan. 3, forcibly taking the South American country's president and his wife and placing them in custody in New York, an action that has drawn worldwide condemnation and concern.
"We insist on taking to the streets. All social movements and all political forces are defending the homeland. We will continue protesting and demand that the U.S. empire return our commander, our president," said protester Roni Campero.
"Everyone here voted for Maduro. We want him to return home safely," said protester Esperanza Olavarria.
The demonstrators said they believe U.S. efforts to destabilize the country will fail.
"The United States wants a civil war to happen here, but it hasn't succeeded. We are still standing firm and will continue fighting to the end," said protester Maria Hinojosa.
Venezuelans rally in Caracas, demand US release President Maduro
