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Chinese frontier soldiers walk hand-in-hand on a snow-covered mountain to patrol the border area more than 5,200 above sea level in Ali Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xiaodong)

Soldiers braved the cold and trudged in heavy snow on a steep slope at the foot of Qomolangma to guard the border.

Chinese frontier soldiers walk hand-in-hand on a snow-covered mountain to patrol the border area more than 5,200 above sea level in Ali Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xiaodong)

Chinese frontier soldiers walk hand-in-hand on a snow-covered mountain to patrol the border area more than 5,200 above sea level in Ali Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xiaodong)

Chinese frontier soldiers walk hand-in-hand on a snow-covered mountain to patrol the border area more than 5,200 above sea level in Ali Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xiaodong)

Chinese frontier soldiers rest on a snow-covered mountain during a patrol to the border area more than 5,200 above sea level in Ali Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xiaodong)