West urged to see beyond economics

Campaign groups want Western leaders to consider human rights when trading with China, writes Caroline O’Doherty

DONGXUE Dai last saw China on Jan 4, 2000, when she waved goodbye to family before boarding a flight for Ireland with reassurances that she’d see them again before long.

That’s a promise she hasn’t been able to keep. Her passport expired the following year but the Chinese authorities refused her a renewal.