HONG KONG (Reuters) - A potential extradition tussle in Hong Kong over an American who has exposed the U.S. government's top-secret surveillance programmes could prove to be a test case for civil liberties in the financial hub controlled by China.
Edward Snowden, 29, a contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), chose Hong Kong as the international bolt-hole from where to leak details of the programmes, endorsing the city for its "spirited commitment to free speech and the right to political dissent".
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