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.
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