happen to his partner. so, for him, he s now looking at, maybe he seeks asylum in some place like iceland. maybe he becomes involved in some long, protracted legal process here in hong kong. maybe the chinese will take him. he s not sure, but i probably suspect there will be a long, drawn-out legal process here in hong kong. it s just interesting, ewen, because it would seem to me, if you re going to do something like this and you ve been thinking about it for years, you think through those options what am i going to do next? what do i do when they come after me? you would think that would be part of the thought process. and maybe i m wrong. i m just talking trying to put myself in his shoes. do you think talking to him that his motives were pure that this was, i just want transparency in government, they re doing the wrong thing? are you confident of that in talking to him? i think the question you
time, so if that s your impression, that s powerful. there are reports, ewen, of course, as you re aware, that he out of the blue checked out of the hong kong hotel where he was staying, that he s now disappeared. do you have any idea where he is and how he plans to do some basic things like get enough money to move around? well, i don t know his location now. i know he s still in hong kong. he disappeared i suppose that s accurate. he s been in that hotel room in downtown hong kong for the best part of three weeks. he almost never left. i think he went out three times, but just briefly. he had these meals taken to the hotel room. so, i think he almost expected the knock on the door. it didn t come. but once the media descended and there was all that came out, i think he thought, you know, this isn t so sustainable anymore. the media, at least, are going to find me. so, he went to another location. as of yesterday morning, he was still in that hotel. as of yesterday afternoon, he h
so, you say, well, if he wants to go to iceland, why then not go to iceland in the first place and leak the documents and conduct, you know come out there? so, your question is a good one, but i believe his motivation is pure. i spent the best part of the last week doing interviews with him, trying to establish is this guy a fantfantasist? is he for real? and after half an hour, i was fairly convinced that, yes, he was for real. and as the week went on, i thought, this is somebody who is very idealistic, has a lot of courage. this is not something you see that often these days. and interesting. and you had that face-to-face time, so if that s your impression, that s powerful. there are reports, ewen, of course, as you re aware, that he out of the blue checked out of the hong kong hotel where he was staying, that he s now disappeared. do you have any idea where he is and how he plans to do some basic things like get enough money to move around? well, i don t know his
some place like iceland. maybe he becomes involved in some long, protracted legal process here in hong kong. maybe the chinese will take him. he s not sure, but i probably suspect there will be a long, drawn-out legal process here in hong kong. it s just interesting, ewen, because it would seem to me, if you re going to do something like this and you ve been thinking about it for years, you think through those options what am i going to do next? what do i do when they come after me? you would think that would be part of the thought process. and maybe i m wrong. i m just talking trying to put myself in his shoes. do you think talking to him that his motives were pure that this was, i just want transparency in government, they re doing the wrong thing? are you confident of that in talking to him? i think the question you raise is a good one. why come to hong kong? it s got an extradition treaty with america. it s not the safest place. you know, any time the authorities in beijing c
basic things, like get enough money to move around? i don t know his location now. i know he s still in hong kong. he disappeared, i suppose that s accurate, and he s been in the hotel room in downtown hong kong for the best part of three weeks. he almost never left, maybe three times but just briefly. he had his meals taken to the hotel room. so he was i think he almost expected the knock on the door and it didn t come. once the media descended when he came out, i think he thought that isn t stable anymore. the media at least are going to find me so he went to another location. as of yesterday morning, he was still in that hotel. as of yesterday afternoon, he had gone. he had gone. of course everyone now, the crucial question now is where is he. thanks to ewen joining us live from hong kong. gordon chang, author of the coming collapse of china.