Chinese President Xi Jinping Premier Li Keqiang and German Institute International Security Affairs

Suu Kyi: There hasn't been any confirmation of these meetings from the Chinese side, according to Deutsche Welle. The visit is significant but also carries a historical burden: Suu Kyi is in a country that thwarted her pro-democracy struggle against Myanmar military regime for a long time. According to the party spokesman, the opposition leader is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Beijing also did not support Suu Kyi demands for sanctions against her country junta. However, Christian Becker of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs says that Myanmar was never a Chinese client state. "The country has always been able to pursue an independent political line," he told DW. Farmers confront riot police at the site of the Letpadaung copper mine near Monywa in northwestern Myanmar The fact became particularly evident when in 2011 Myanmar embarked on a reform process and initiated a policy of improving ties with the West. Her visit, therefore, is a clear sign that she has absorbed the lessons of "realpolitik," says Marco Bünte, a Myanmar expert at Kuala Lumpur Monash University. "She knows that apart from keeping good ties with the West, she cannot ignore Myanmar powerful neighbor, China," Bünte told DW. Between China and the US Western sanctions imposed on Myanmar in the 1980s brought the Southeast Asian country closer to the People Republic of China. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.