Henry Kissinger paid $5m to steer Rio Tinto through Stern Hu debacle and consolidate China links

By John Garnaut
Updated March 29 2015 - 12:08pm, first published 9:48am
Australia Stern Hu: In jail for five years. Photo: Ben Rushton
Australia Stern Hu: In jail for five years. Photo: Ben Rushton

American statesman Henry Kissinger pocketed close to US$5 million ($6.4 million) for guiding mining giant Rio Tinto to wash its hands of its jailed China chief, Australian citizen Stern Hu, and build relations with Bejing.

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