What is the process of connecting different airplanes?

I'm planning a trip to China and Tokyo, my flights are round trip from JFK to xiamen China, and another round trip from xiamen to Tokyo. My trip back from xiamen to JFK is suppose to take off at 5:55pm on the 16th and my trip back from Tokyo to xiamen is suppose to land in xiamen at 1:25pm. When i land in xiamen from tokyo, after I grab my luggage, do I need to go to through immigration and exit the airport then go through regular check out or can I go through transfer without exiting the airport? I'm asking this because it's two separate flights purchased separately and i never done this, i usually have transfer flights usually on same airline so i'm not sure what the process is for this.

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Probably they will not make you go through immigration, if Xiamen airport has a way to keep you in international territory within the airport by letting you just walk to your next gate for the flight to JFK.

Your wording is making this really unclear. To explain the process… If you are just chaning planes, you do not need to get your bags, you do not need to go through security. They will direct you to mid airport security where they simply check your ID and your carry on and you go to your next flight. Only if you like booked yourself on different airlines would you need to do anything

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