Snowden Is Too Hot for China to Handle
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June 12 (Bloomberg) -- It goes without saying that China’sgovernment welcomes the information that Edward Snowden hasprovided on the National Security Agency and its snoopinginfrastructure. But does China actually want Snowden to stay inHong Kong indefinitely?
The answer isn’t yet clear, but as Hong Kong’s sizablecommunity of human-rights activists begin to rally aroundSnowden’s cause, one can imagine the government in Beijing isregretting that the whistle-blower showed up at all.