Snowden Issue Strains International RelationsChris Carrington With Edward Snowden on the move from Hong Kong To Russia, relationships between both countries and the US have become tense. Although there is an extradition treaty between the USA and Hong Kong, they failed to arrest Snowden, citing incomplete paperwork issued by Washington. China has said it is very concerned over claims by Mr. Snowden that the United States hacked Chinese IT targets. Putin always seems almost eager to stick a finger in the eye of the United States whether it is Syria, Iran and now of course with Snowden. The Senator told CNN. Along with Venezuela and Cuba, Ecuador is a member of the ALBA bloc, a group of leftist governments in Latin America that are known for and pride themselves on their anti-imperialist stance. The United States has revoked Snowdens passport and as such has requested that he be denied onward international travel. Source linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 