HK Eye | Hong Kong now known for something other than skyline: Edward Snowden's refuge

"Media frenzy" is certainly an understated way to describe the scramble by journalists to get their hands on any information regarding the Edward Snowden's flight to Hong Kong. Why Hong Kong? Which "plush" hotel is he staying in? Where is he now? Will Hong Kong let him stay? 

Here is what media are saying about Snowden and Hong Kong, in roughly the last 48 hours:

He's nowhere to be found

• Edward Snowden gone from Hong Kong hotel, whereabouts unknown Los Angeles Times
• Edward Snowden goes to ground in Hong Kong: NSA whistle-blower checks out of hotel The Independent
• NSA whistle-blower drops out of sight in Hong Kong Voice of America
• US spy leaker Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong hotel BBC News
• Last Seen in Hong Kong: Edward Snowden Slips Away Time
• Edward Snowden has checked out of his swanky Hong Kong hotel Gawker 

What does Beijing and the rest of China make of it?

• NSA Leaker’s Fate Could Lie With Beijing Wall Street Journal
• Snowden is in Hong Kong. Chinese Don’t Care Bloomberg View
• Chinese internet users back Snowden, call on government to ‘protect’ him CNN
• A hero’s welcome for Snowden on Chinese internet China Real Time Report, Wall Street Journal
• NSA leaker Edward Snowden might benefit from US-China human rights debate US News and World Report