Hu's arrest sends warning to suppliers to take care when doing business in China

摘要

The future looks bleak for Stem Hu, the RioTinto executive detained by China last week on suspicion of spying and stealing state secrets. In the first public comment on the case by a government official, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry last week said the authorities had already gathered "conclusive evidence" that Hu and three other detainees were "prying and stealing state secrets".