Peter King just made sense re: Snowden on msnbc

[flamingdem]

12. Dismay, Anger in China After Allegations About U.S. Hacking

damage was done.

Certainly at the popular level. It does appear that it was news to many.


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A 29-year-old former government contractor’s claims that the U.S. has been hacking Chinese targets since 2009 prompted both dismay and some bemusement on both the mainland and in Hong Kong, where he has been holed up for nearly a month.

In an interview published late Wednesday by Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper, Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency, said he believed there had been more than 61,000 NSA hacking operations globally, including hundreds in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland. Those claims followed intelligence leaks Mr. Snowden made earlier this month to British newspaper the Guardian about U.S. surveillance, which prompted a political furor in the U.S.

When it comes to Hong Kong politics, activists typically see Beijing as the main source of meddling in local affairs. Although the former British colony returned to mainland rule in 1997 and continues to operate with its own distinctive political systems and rule of law, pro-democracy activists fear Beijing is encroaching on the city.

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/06/14/dismay-anger-in-china-after-allegations-about-u-s-hacking/