China extends Rio Tinto probe 2 months: AustraliaChina has extended a probe into detained Rio Tinto Rio Tinto may refer to:
"We were informed during the consular visit on November 9 that the Chinese authorities had extended the investigation by another two months," a foreign office spokesman told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . "This is in addition to the earlier one-month extension already approved by the Chinese authorities," he added. Details of the alleged industrial espionage industrial espionage Acquisition of trade secrets from business competitors. Industrial spying is a reaction to the efforts of many businesses to keep secret their designs, formulas, manufacturing processes, research, and future plans. and bribery case against Australian passport-holder Hu remained unknown, the spokesman said. Hu, Rio Tinto's lead negotiator in fraught iron ore talks with China's steel mills, he was detained along with three of his colleagues in Shanghai in July. He originally faced more serious allegations of stealing state secrets, but Beijing later downgraded the accusations. Rio Tinto suspended its iron ore negotiations with China after the arrests, as diplomatic tensions soared between Canberra and Beijing. Australian officials have said full details of the industrial espionage allegations were not likely to be known until Hu is brought to trial. He was arrested just weeks after Rio snubbed a 19.5 billion US dollar cash injection from state-run Chinalco, which would have been China's largest ever foreign investment. 
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