Aung San Suu Kyi wraps up China visit

Supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hold flags as they wait for her arrival from China outside of the Yangon International Airport, Yangon, Myanmar, 14 June 2015. - EPA

There is also considerable irony in China welcoming a noted democracy advocate and Nobel Prize winner while Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner, languishes in prison after being sentenced to 11 years in 2009 for circulating a petition calling for democratic reforms.