- By David Wallace Lockhart
- BBC News political correspondent
An SNP MP has said he is “dismayed” at a Scottish government minister’s trip to China.
External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson is visiting several Chinese cities this week.
A press release announcing the trip made no mention of human rights or security issues related to China.
The Scottish government said the country had a “a long history of intellectual, cultural and economic exchange with China.”
But MP Stewart McDonald, who previously sat alongside Angus Robertson on the SNP benches at Westminster, warned that the “character and tone” of the visit was “out of step with international opinion.”
Mr McDonald told BBC Scotland News that engagement was important, but added that China’s “catastrophic” human rights record must be raised.
The Glasgow MP stressed…