Top U.S. diplomat in H.K. raps China for Snowden's escape

HONG KONG, China - U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Stephen Young answers a reporter's question in Hong Kong on July 18, 2013. Young said that China ordered Hong Kong to let whistleblower Edward Snowden leave the territory despite a U.S. warrant.

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