China Herald: Why China will try to ignored the RSA-scandal

Jeremy Goldkorn

President Xi Jinping did not try to score points on the US cyber scandal around the NSA at the California summit. And the central government might try to ignored whistle-blower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong as much as possible, China watcher Jeremy Goldkorn explains in the LA Times.

The LA Times:

Beijing, however, has chosen not to capitalize on the U.S. government’s embarrassment. The tightly controlled state press on the mainland has barely mentioned the U.S. surveillance program and was silent Monday on Snowden’s flight to Hong Kong.

"The reason is that Beijing is doing all sorts of dodgy things ranging from surveillance to hacking. I don’t think they want to draw attention by being excessively critical of the United States,’" said +Jeremy Goldkorn, a Beijing media analyst.

The wording of the extradition treaty between the United States and Hong Kong gives Beijing veto right if "surrender of a fugitive would harm defense, foreign affairs or essential public interest or policy."

More in the LA Times.

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