US 'very disappointed' with China on Edward Snowden

[ChinaToday]

WASHINGTON: The United States told China in talks on Thursday it was "very disappointed" that Beijing did not hand over US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong.

Deputy secretary of state William Burns, in a joint press appearance after two days of annual talks, said that the two countries' presidents agreed at a summit last month at the California resort of Sunnylands to work closely.

"That is why we were very disappointed with how the authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong handled the Snowden case, which undermined our effort to build the trust needed to manage difficult issues," Burns said.

"We have made clear that the handling of this case was not consistent with the spirit of Sunnylands," said Burns, who was filling in for secretary of state John Kerry whose wife is ill.

Snowden, a former government contractor, fled the United States for Hong Kong after revealing details of pervasive US intelligence surveillance on the internet. The United States sought his extradition to face charges.

But Snowden was allowed to leave Hong Kong, a territory of China that enjoys a large amount of autonomy, for Russia where he remains in limbo as he seeks a way to a country, likely in Latin America, that will offer him asylum.

State Councilor Yang Jiechi, speaking next to Burns, defended decisions on Snowden, whose allegations of US snooping in Chinese Internet networks have caused a stir in Beijing.

"The central government of China has always respected the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government's handling of cases in accordance with the law," he said.

Hong Kong "handled the Snowden case in accordance with the law and its approach is beyond reproach," said Yang, a central figure in Chinese foreign policy.

US 'very disappointed' with China on Edward Snowden - The Times of India

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Good.

What else did they expect, in the past few months the USA has been crying non-stop about "Chinese hacking" and pretending to be the victim.

Then Snowden appears, and reveals that it is in fact America who is hacking communications from the ENTIRE world. Which means their earlier crying about being the victim were in fact not just false but pure hypocrisy.

Every government in the world hacks, it's just a fact of life. But only the US government cries so much about it, and ironically they are the government who hacks the most.

 

[Hyperion]

US is always "unhappy" with someone, all the time. It's actually the rest of the world who has lost patience with them. The giant refuses to grow up.

 

[Psyops]

It's time to cancel this 'strategic' talks with the US. It's useless.

 

[474474]

The whole world plus half the US believe he's a hero, China did the right thing.

 

[gpit]

WASHINGTON: The United States told China in talks on Thursday it was "very disappointed" that Beijing did not hand over US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong.

Deputy secretary of state William Burns, in a joint press appearance after two days of annual talks, said that the two countries' presidents agreed at a summit last month at the California resort of Sunnylands to work closely.

"That is why we were very disappointed with how the authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong handled the Snowden case, which undermined our effort to build the trust needed to manage difficult issues," Burns said.

"We have made clear that the handling of this case was not consistent with the spirit of Sunnylands," said Burns, who was filling in for secretary of state John Kerry whose wife is ill.

Snowden, a former government contractor, fled the United States for Hong Kong after revealing details of pervasive US intelligence surveillance on the internet. The United States sought his extradition to face charges.

But Snowden was allowed to leave Hong Kong, a territory of China that enjoys a large amount of autonomy, for Russia where he remains in limbo as he seeks a way to a country, likely in Latin America, that will offer him asylum.

State Councilor Yang Jiechi, speaking next to Burns, defended decisions on Snowden, whose allegations of US snooping in Chinese Internet networks have caused a stir in Beijing.

"The central government of China has always respected the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government's handling of cases in accordance with the law," he said.

Hong Kong "handled the Snowden case in accordance with the law and its approach is beyond reproach," said Yang, a central figure in Chinese foreign policy.

US 'very disappointed' with China on Edward Snowden - The Times of India

Think Beijing is even more disappointed, but not voicing it, that USA hides hundreds if not thousands bribe-taking or embezzlement criminals from China and not handling them over to China.

 

[Jade]

US should have been disappointed if China were to provide asylum to Snowden. Now Snowden is on a run and US is enjoying its power over China. With Chinese economy in crisis, US can expect China to tow its line more in future