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Will China outdo the West in transforming Africa?

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President William Ruto with Chinese President Xi Jinping during bilateral talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. President Ruto is in China fort the Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. [PCS]

The ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) meeting has ended in Beijing, China.

Just across the sea, another forum is taking place, but with less publicity - the Eastern Economic Forum hosted by Russia in Vladivostok, the end of trans-Siberian railway. Not the Siberia near Nyahururu!

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