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Aussie set to return home after 9 years in China jail

Homecoming of former mining exec ends episode in fraught Aussie-China relationship

Mr Stern Hu (left, in an undated photo) was arrested at his home in Shanghai in 2009 and jailed for taking bribes and obtaining commercial secrets. (Above) Shanghai's Qingpu Prison, where Mr Hu was jailed. Many believe his arrest was motivated by pol — Mr Stern Hu (above, in an undated photo) was arrested at his home in Shanghai in 2009 and jailed for taking bribes and obtaining commercial secrets. PHOTO: REUTERS

Jonathan Pearlman For The Straits Times In Sydney

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Jul 14, 2018, 05:00 AM

In the coming days, an Australian-Chinese former mining executive is expected to quietly make his way back to Sydney after spending nine years in jail in China.

Mr Stern Hu's return will mark a symbolic homecoming and end a dramatic episode in Australia's occasionally fraught relationship with China, its largest trading partner.

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