邊界將緊密相鄰的中國磨憨和老撾磨丁相區隔,而昆曼國際公路又成為將兩者相連接的通道。在歷史分層中,作為一種"中斷"和"差異"的形式,磨憨與磨丁之間的邊界先后體現出模糊、潛隱、凸顯的特征;而作為一種"連接"和"連續"的手段,穿越磨憨與磨丁的通道也包含了社會文化、國際政治、全球經濟等層面的屬性。通道與邊界在磨憨、磨丁的交叉,使口岸成為一種必然的結果,并具備了接觸點和中介的意義。昆曼國際公路的建設與使用,使磨憨、磨丁的區位特征發生了根本的轉換,成為全球網絡中的重要節點。對國家邊界、國際通道、全球化網絡節點的人類學研究,將促使我們對舊有的"中心"概念進行重新界定。

Mohan village in China and its neighboring village Boten in Laos are separated by the boundary but now connected by a channel,Kunming-Bangkok International Road.In the historical stratification,as a form of’interruption’and’difference’,the border between Mohan and Boten has successively revealed features of vagueness,latency and prominence.As a mean of’linkage’and’continuation’,the channel cross Mohan and Boten also includes attributions of social culture,international politics and global economics.The crossover between channel and border in Mohan and Boten results into ports,and embraces meaning of junction point and medium.The construction and operation of Kunming-Bangkok International Road have totally transformed the local features of Mohan and Boten,and made them important nodes of the global network.The anthropological study of national borders,international channel and the nodes of global network will drive us to redefine the concept of’center’.