The time is evidently not yet ripe for Rio Tinto's management to book its Nixon-in-China breakthrough visit to Beijing. Even if yesterday's warlike comments by a senior Chinese official about the “monopolistic” proposed joint venture between Rio and BHP Billiton carry little weight – and it is, as often, hard to tell – they are a fair indication of the temperature: still red-hot.
力拓(Rio Tinto)管理層若想安排赴北京訪問，來一次“尼克森訪華”式的破冰之旅，時機顯然還不成熟。昨日，一名中國高層官員發表了火藥味十足的評論，稱力拓與必和必拓(BHP Billiton)擬議中的合資企業是“壟斷”交易。就算這些評論沒什么份量——這一點通常很難判斷——它們仍較為客觀地反映出目前的溫度：依然熱得燙手。
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