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China's Spy Case Linked To A "Mining Price Dispute"

nytimes.com — China’s detention of four employees of the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on spying charges this week is tied to evidence that they obtained confidential state documents during negotiations with Chinese steelmakers over iron ore prices, people with direct knowledge of the case said Friday.

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  • casf1b, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1"Relations had begun to fray earlier in the year because many Australians had grown worried about the prospect of China taking a big stake in Rio Tinto and other Australian companies and gaining control over some of the country’s most valuable resources."

    “The message this sends to any Australian or international business executive is that you can lose more than your business deal if you cross these people,” Michael Danby, a federal minister with the Australian Labor Party, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Friday."

  • YoungRamblings, on 07/11/2009, -0/+0Welcome to China, please leave your constitutional rights on the shelf towards your right.

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