Stern Hu is 'Kangaroo Edward', as we say in Australia. He was born in the Peoples' Republic of China and although he thought he had obtained Australian citizenship under the Australian Citizenship Act, that piece of legislation looks to section 51 of clause 9 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900, an Act of the British parliament at Westminster. The Chinese government knows that if the Australian government can grant Australian citizenship by relying upon a British Act, then the American government can grant Japanese citizenship by relying on their own citizenship Act!
None of the media in any of the western world has mentioned this! Why? Too hard to follow? Not allowed? The Chinese government got some advice on this some time ago, probably from the University of Cambridge. But no journalist is interested. Funny that, although not for Stern Hu, his family and friend or Rio Tinto. By the way, the short name for kangaroo is roo... Albert
