As mentioned Snowden initially leaked from Hong Kong and only ran away after it became likely the HK government would arrest him.
People already forgetting about Assange already? Dude spent years in "asylum" inside the Ecuadorian embassy and he is still fucked.
People don't flee to China because in the past it wasn't like China was an outright enemy of the US, if we are talking "decades" here. The current almost WW3 between China and US is something that started about 4 maybe 6 years ago not 20 or 30.
As mentioned Snowden initially leaked from Hong Kong and only ran away after it became likely the HK government would arrest him.
People already forgetting about Assange already? Dude spent years in "asylum" inside the Ecuadorian embassy and he is still fucked.
People don't flee to China because in the past it wasn't like China was an outright enemy of the US, if we are talking "decades" here. The current almost WW3 between China and US is something that started about 4 maybe 6 years ago not 20 or 30.
I have to wonder if Beijing would be willing to turn over a guy like Snowden in the modern day.