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1. News - World - DIPLOMACY

   Snowden row casts shadow on Kerry's visit to Latin America

   Posted Aug 13th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... Associated Press in Bogota Secretary of State's visit to Latin America may be hit by fallout from Snowden's surveillance leaks Spy row casts shadow for Kerry US Secretary ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1296287/snowden-spy-row-casts-shadow-over-us-secretary-state-john-kerrys-visit
2. News - Hong Kong - DIPLOMACY

   Departing US consul fires sarcastic shots at media over Snowden saga

   Posted Jul 19th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu

   ... Stephen Young 'thanks' Beijing-friendly press for its objective coverage of the Snowden saga Departing US consul general Stephen Young, kept busy by whistle-blower Edward Snowden's surprise stopover in Hong Kong, fired some sarcastic parting shots at the media yesterday. But he said he believed the damaged trust between the United States and Hong Kong could ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1285746/departing-us-consul-fires-sarcastic-shots-media-over-snowden-saga
3. News - World - DIPLOMACY

   Dilma Rousseff's snub of Obama not the first snag in relations with US

   Posted Sep 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Reuters, AP, NYT

   ... leftist, she was outraged over recent revelations by former US defence contractor Edward Snowden which showed that the National Security Agency spied on her private communications, as well as her ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1314689/dilma-rousseffs-snub-obama-not-first-snag-relations-us
4. News - World - DIPLOMACY

   McCain accuses Putin of siding with tyrants and being enemy of oppressed

   Posted Sep 20th 2013, 12:00am by Reuters

   ... of fugitive ex-US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, to whom Russia awarded asylum, have added to tensions over the Syrian conflict. Putin's opinion piece took issue with US President Barack ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1313417/mccain-accuses-putin-siding-tyrants-and-being-enemy-oppressed
5. News - Hong Kong - DIPLOMACY

   Beijing warns US to stay out of Hong Kong politics

   Posted Aug 28th 2013, 07:09pm by Tong Cheung

   ... to be rebuilding trust with Hong Kong following the Edward Snowden saga. Snowden was allowed to leave Hong Kong despite a Washington request to arrest him on espionage charges.   ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1300117/beijing-warns-us-stay-out-hong-kong-politics
6. News - World - DIPLOMACY

   Venezuela halts thaw with US over envoy Samantha Power's comments

   Posted Jul 22nd 2013, 12:00am by NYT

   ... again. But those talks never had time to gain traction. On July 12, Kerry telephoned Jaua to express concern over the asylum offer to Snowden. This is not the first time Venezuela has backed off ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1287839/venezuela-halts-thaw-us-over-envoy-samantha-powers-comments
7. News - Hong Kong - DIPLOMACY

   New US consul general Clifford Hart praises Hong Kong's rule of law

   Posted Jul 31st 2013, 06:29pm by Lana Lam

   ... framework." Hart is expected to meet key government and business leaders in his first few weeks in the city, with one of his top priorities likely to be the thorny issue of US whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who was allowed to leave Hong Kong in June despite a Washington request to arrest him on espionage charges. The failed extradition request strained relations between Hong Kong and the US, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1293350/us-consul-clifford-hart-looks-forward-genuine-democratic-suffrage
8. News - China - DIPLOMACY

   China's US envoy urges 'cool heads' at summit

   Posted Jul 09th 2013, 12:00am by Teddy Ng

   ... expectations." Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's disclosures that the US had been hacking into Chinese computer systems had put Washington in an awkward position, observers ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1278245/chinas-us-envoy-urges-cool-heads-summit
9. News - China - DIPLOMACY

   Senior Ma aide poised to take up U.S. posting

   Posted Nov 15th 2012, 12:00am by LAWRENCE CHUNG IN TAIPEI

   ... to Washington, Ma actually hopes to head off the US doubt that he has focused too much on cross-strait relations at the expense of long-time friendly Taiwan-US ties," said Edward Chen I-hsin, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1082572/senior-ma-aide-poised-take-us-posting