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Besides China, Kenya has other big market options in the East

 President Uhuru Kenyatta and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi address a media briefing after holding bilateral talks at State House, Nairobi. 201607. [File, Standard]

For the last forty years, China has been getting all the airtime in East Asia. Ever since opening up to the rest of the world in 1978, the country has been a swirling vortex sucking in foreign investors.

But unlike a black hole where nothing escapes, China's exports move all over the world. Did you see the recently released first-ever picture of a black hole? 

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