. >> ecuadorian president, rafael correida, is a leftist politician, who is anti-u.s., his government granted the founder of wikileaks asylum last year. british police arrested julian assange on suspicion he assaulted two women. he's been staying at the ecuadorian embassy in london. u.s. officials are calling on governments not to allow edward snowden to enter their countries. they say his american passport has been revoked and is invalid. >>> people in hong kong and china have shown a keen interest in the story. media have focused on keeping them informed. the apple daily in hong kong says the issue has set off a new cold war over cyber attacks. the newspaper said it will inevitably undermine u.s./china relations. the story broke in june, before president barack obama and xi jinping had talks. the global times in china reported on their front page that snowden had left abruptly. left chinese leaders have made it clear they will not use snowden as a bargaining chip. the experts say china hopes to prevent incidents like this from affecting ties with the united states. >> chinese dissid