Countries now afraid of upsetting China by bringing up human rights issues

because China is such an economic power now, it looks like the trend is to not upset china in favor of trade deals.
Again. it's all about the money and human rights abuses come second.

The article gives several examples of which countries are looking the other way if favor of China

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101795/how-china-buys-silence-worlds-human-rights-critics