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HK Eye
by Hong Kong Around the World
Hong Kong now known for something other than skyline: Edward Snowden's refuge
What media are saying about US whistle-blower Edward Snowden and Hong Kong, in roughly the last 48 hours.
"Media frenzy" is certainly an understated way to describe the scramble by journalists to get their hands on any information regarding the Edward Snowden's flight to Hong Kong. Why Hong Kong? Which "plush" hotel is he staying in? Where is he now? Will Hong Kong let him stay?
Here is what media are saying about Snowden and Hong Kong, in roughly the last 48 hours:
He's nowhere to be found
- Edward Snowden gone from Hong Kong hotel, whereabouts unknown Los Angeles Times
- Edward Snowden goes to ground in Hong Kong: NSA whistle-blower checks out of hotel The Independent
- NSA whistle-blower drops out of sight in Hong Kong Voice of America
- US spy leaker Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong hotel BBC News
- Last Seen in Hong Kong: Edward Snowden Slips Away Time
- Edward Snowden has checked out of his swanky Hong Kong hotel Gawker
What does Beijing and the rest of China make of it?
- NSA Leaker’s Fate Could Lie With Beijing Wall Street Journal
- Snowden is in Hong Kong. Chinese Don’t Care Bloomberg View
- Chinese internet users back Snowden, call on government to ‘protect’ him CNN
- A hero’s welcome for Snowden on Chinese internet China Real Time Report, Wall Street Journal
- NSA leaker Edward Snowden might benefit from US-China human rights debate US News and World Report
He’s in Hong Kong. What?
- Edward Snowden’s choice of Hong Kong as haven is a high-stakes gamble The Guardian
- Hong Kong Baffled by Snowden’s Hideout China Real Time Report, Wall Street Journal
- Journalist says Snowden fled to Hong Kong because he believed he wouldn’t get fair trial in US The Washington Post via Associated Press
- Why Snowden’s flight to Hong Kong might be brilliant CNBC via Global Post
- Hong Kong media scrambles to find Edward Snowden, NSA whistle-blower Huffington Post
- Edward Snowden shouldn’t have gone to Hong Kong The Atlantic
- Edward Snowden in Hong Kong The Atlantic’s James Fallows
- Ex-CIA worker behind leaks gambles on Hong Kong (China) hideout Forbes
- Hong Kong unlikely refuge for NSA whistle-blower The Asian Lawyer blog
- Edward Snowden: from Hawaii to Hong Kong, the trail of a whistle-blower on the run The Telegraph
- Edward Snowden: Hong Kong hotel hideaway of the NSA whistleblower The Telegraph
- What’s the deal with Hong Kong? Talking Points Memo
He's not safe in Hong Kong
- Edward Snowden’s Hong Kong problem New York Magazine
- Edward Snowden not safe in Hong Kong, warns human rights chief The Guardian
- Edward Snowden isn’t safe in Hong Kong. He’d have better luck in France The Washington Post
- Hong Kong may not be aslyum NSA leaker Edward Snowden hoped for Los Angeles Times
- Hong Kong no haven for NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden Financial Times
- Hong Kong politician urges US whistle-blower Edward Snowden to leave ABC via Agence France-Presse
US-Hong Kong extradition treaty
- Edward Snowden faces strong extradition treaty if he remains in Hong Kong The Washington Post
- Experts: Snowden extradition from Hong Kong could be complicated Voice of America
- Snowden extradition could face legal hurdles Wall Street Journal
- The risky legal strategy behind Edward Snowden’s flight to Hong Kong Foreign Policy
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Team Edward: Will Hong Kong extradite NSA whistle-blower Snowden to US? Vanity Fair
What's next for Snowden?
- Edward Snowden’s travel options USA Today
- How long can Edward Snowden stay in Hong Kong? Bloomberg Businessweek
- Can Edward Snowden stay in Hong Kong? New Yorker
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Could Hong Kong shelter Edward Snowden? BBC News
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