Wednesday's summit between the European Union and China was intended to be a classic fence-mending showpiece, a sign of good relations between the two regions and a chance to talk-up co-operation in the face of the economic crisis, but events last week complicated the issue.
On Thursday, Burma's Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the opposition, Aung San Suu Kyi, was charged with breaking the terms of her house arrest and now faces the prospect of five years in prison.
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