YANGON -- China's media took little notice of the visit of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong this week. As Sturgeon met with Chinese political and business leaders, all parties were careful to avoid uncomfortable issues, such as Scotland's relationship with post-Brexit U.K., aware that secession is a particularly touchy subject with Beijing.
There was just a two line mention on Xinhua news sites regarding Sturgeon's meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua in Beijing on April 9, discussions that Scotland's leading independence advocate depicted as "very constructive." The English language version of The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, did not mention the visit.
