Khunjerab pass, the border between China and Pakistan. The 1,224-km-long Karakoram highway starts from Kashgar city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and ends at the northern Pakistani city of Thakot, crossing the Karakoram mountain range through the Khunjerab Pass in the Tashkurgan Tajik autonomous county. It is also known as the China-Pakistan friendship road.The highway is the only overland connection between China and Pakistan at present. (Photo: China Daily/Wang Lie)