As if more evidence were needed that Chinalco was answering to a higher cause, days after it announced the Rio deal, its chairman, Xiao Yaqing, landed a top government job .

• 似乎需要更多的证据证实中铝这一做法的合理性。而就在中铝刚刚宣布力拓的交易之后的几天，其主席，肖亚庆调任中央政府任职。