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Ignore China-Russia alliance at your peril

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after a signing ceremony following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia in June 2019. [AP]

China President Xi Jinping recently paid a state visit to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, his northern neighbour with whom he shares a 4300-kilometre border.

Their seven-course meal caught my attention; it included quail, Kenya's most famous bird. Where did all those birds go?

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