Sir, - It is hypocritical for the Irish Government to challenge the Chinese delegation on its human rights track record, while it fawns over US presidents who have been involved in the worst war crimes in the past decade.
According to the UN, the bombing of Iraq (still going on) is killing 5,000 children a month through uranium poisoning, lack of clean water and medical facilities. No doubt if the Chinese gave us as much inward investment, we'd turn a blind eye to their milder human rights violations. - Yours, etc.,
John Devlin, Erne Terrace, Baile Atha Cliath 2.