The Rio employees are accused of bribing Chinese steel company personnel to obtain summaries of the Chinese negotiators’ meetings, Chinese news reports said.
The maximum penalty for an espionage conviction is life in prison.
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Five Chinese steelmakers probed in Rio Tinto case
BUSINESS AS USUAL? A Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman said the espionage case would not affect business conditions
AP , BEIJING
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