Australian prime Minister Kevin Rudd: pressure on China with economic interests

China says the "Rio espionage case", which is not affected by the foreign investment environment, has become the most sensitive and "acrimonious" incident between the governments of China and Australia. "The case has a stake in Australia and China," Kevin Rudd, Australia's prime minister, told the media yesterday in Sydney, Australia.　　"This is Mr Rudd's most intense rhetoric to date about the Rio Tinto espionage case." After the case was revealed on July 5, Mr Rudd's restraint was repeatedly criticized by Australian opposition parties. So, on July 14, Mr Rudd changed to say, "At this stage [on the Rio Tinto espionage case], I am not staying at the ambassador or the diplomatic level, and I am concerned about the personal interests of the employees involved." Yesterday, Mr Rudd's fierce rhetoric about the incident escalated further. "Australia has important economic interests in its cooperation with China, but China also has significant economic interests in its cooperation with Australia and other global trading partners," he said. China's trading partners and companies operating in China will focus on the final outcome of the Rio Tinto espionage case, and they will draw their own conclusions about the entire process. By contrast, China's response is normal and calm. At a regular news conference yesterday, Yao Jian, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce, stressed: "As for the arrest of Rio Tinto employees for stealing state secrets, I think multinationals should abide by the laws of the host country, and this is a case in general, It is also the embodiment of China's participation in international economic activities to standardize the business behavior of enterprises in the process of law. "Yao said the case will not affect China's foreign trade environment, especially the environment to absorb foreign investment," the case for the overall absorption of foreign investment, the overall economic and trade should not have any impact. He added that China and Australia are important trading partners, and that the two countries have good cooperation in a number of areas, including raw materials, agricultural products, FTA negotiations and so on.　　Such two trading partners, who play an important role in the international economy, will never be affected by the case of the trade environment and policies. The "Rio Tinto espionage case" for domestic enterprises involved a wide range of media coverage, including Shougang, Baosteel and other 5 companies are involved.　　However, Baosteel yesterday issued a statement to the morning news reporter, said that so far, Baosteel has nothing to do with the "Rio Spy Gate", Baosteel also has no senior executives under investigation war to assist the investigation.　In fact, at present, in addition to have been disclosed that someone has been arrested Shougang and Laiwu Steel, several other rumors of steel companies have officially made official clarification statement. Morning Post reporter Li Xiaohui Shen Yanfei (Source: Oriental Morning Post)