Good to see this important issue being raised again. Would have been great if she addressed the Dáil on these issues. Was worrying to see Tibetan community banned from protesting during the visit of the Chinese Vice President in February (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0227/1224312437818.html )

Ireland’s international reputation has been greatly damaged over the last few years but we can reclaim that by becoming a beacon for human rights and standing up for the oppressed. There are great opportunities in that we currently hold the Chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) this year and will have the EU Presidency for 6 months next year.

China is a corporate fascist state by every definition. It is an incredibly threat to democracy and basic human rights, both of which it is impeccably opposed to. In another few years, the global superpower and model for the world is going to be China.

That should scare the hell out of everyone. Especially the neighbours in Asia, for whom China is slowly damning and controlling the water supply for 2bn of them and for Africa which is being bought and controlled by China.

Yeah the west crapped down on these 2 continents but China is planning to do it for the next century to them.

We need to pay attention to what she is saying. The “sweetie darlings of the wishy washy Irish liberal lefties” won’t like to hear this from her. The “D4″ types. Amazing how the left in Ireland are silent on human rights abuses in China.

Well we do with the Yanks and we certainly did with Iraq when we sold them meat.

Suu Kyi is absolutely correct. You can argue that we have no choice but to engage with China on trade; that our economic well-being as a state is of supreme importance. But who will we be when we are well-off because we got there on the backs of the poor, the disenfranchised and the enslaved? We will be be like Judas, with thirty pieces of silver in our pockets and a heart of stone in our breast.

There are human rights abuse in every country, what about the 200 children who died in state care, the magdalene laundries, the depressed hidden away for years in mental asylums… Let’s not throw stones in this country.

Oh ya because china will really reflect when a village sized country takes a moral stance against its human rights policy…. maybe she could take her own advice when it comes to burma and its trade with china

This woman has done great work for her country, but should mind her own business.

I don’t remember any questions being raised of the US and Britain’s aggressive engagements over the past number of years when she had Hilary over or last week in the UK.

Somewhat hypocritical

If the lady knew Ireland’s history of using opinions to abuse peoples rights and hide the details she might be quoted as saying something else.

Its amazes me how many people are blind in this world.

Sher what does ASSC know? Sher there was a few pr people and RTE heads boasting about trade with China, and how they and their families were making so much cash from same. Thought it was the hip thing to do now?

Neil i said OF LATE, if that were what i meant we could say the same for Ghandi and all the other brilliant people who done work for humanity….

I believe what she say,s is correct, although not trying to be disrespectful but apart from being a prisoner in her house for years she has not actually done anything, we should give people like Bob Geldoff more credit he was the first person to really do anything for humanity of late….