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From The West of Friday April 9 2010: Hu decides not to appeal to spare wife. In the story we are told that, "Last night's decision by the sacked Rio Tinto iron ore salesman [Stern Hu] not to appeal against his 10-year jail term closes one of the rockiest episodes in Australia-China relations."
First, Stern Hu has been sacked?! So Rio Tinto has written him off. Before the Chinese court found him guilty. So there were no complaints by Rio about the way that Hu did his job -- until he was caught. Then they threw him to the wolves.
Now Hu is in jail. For ten years. And this closes the matter for the Australian government!? Is Hu suddenly not an Australian citizen? Does our government suddenly believe that Hu's trial has changed from closed, predetermined, against all principles of justice, to... fine, if that's what the Chinese want to do...
If the trial was somehow "not right" while it was happening, how can it be anything other than "not right" now that it is over? What has changed? Not the trial, as far as we are told...
No. What has changed, is that the Chinese government has given Australian politicians free meals, free publicity and strong support for Australian-Chinese trade. In other words, the Australian government has been bought off.
And, by the looks of it, Hu's employer, Rio Tinto, is also quite happy to forget about possible failings of justice. Possibly because Rio, also, can be bought off with promises of better trade deals in the future.
Australian government supporting Australian citizens in China? rofl. Big business supporting its employees in China? lmao. Putting the individual before profits? No way.
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