Australian Businessman Accused of Spying by Chinese Govt

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

There is such a huge amount of money at stake with trade relations between Australia and China, and Rio Tinto is one of the leading players.

A few key phrases from a brief article on the issue which confirm Aliantha's comment on the issue. (http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/...hina-minister/)

'Mr Smith (Foreign Minister) said Mr Yang stressed China's relationship with Australia would not be compromised by the detention of Mr Hu, a Chinese-born Australian citizen.

"Both of us have been at pains to make the point that we don't see this going to the wider relationship, which we regard as very good on the economic front," he said.'