Australian authorities have finally been granted access to the Australian Rio Tinto executive detained in China and accused of bribing Chinese steelmakers and stealing Chinese state secrets amidst tense iron ore price negotiations.
Australian consular staff visited Stern Hu at the Shanghai detention centre on Friday for the first time since he was grabbed by Chinese officials last Sunday along with three colleagues.
Mr Hu the Chinese-born head of Rio's China sales operation appeared well and raised no health or welfare issues, according to Stephen Smith, Australia's foreign minister, on Saturday.
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