Snowden perhaps went to Hong Kong to surveil the damage done by Jerry Chun Shing Lee. and help accelerate the plan as that may have been the time PDJT was thought to have begun the presidential path.?
http:// www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-spy-network-china-exposed-cia-officer-arrested-a8164586.html
Though some might see that he went there because Hong Kong retained some of it's Crown qualities at least until 2047 and for extra added bonus if it didn't work out for ES, it may have been another color revolution for GS.
https:// mic.com/articles/49653/why-did-edward-snowden-flee-to-hong-kong-of-all-places#.7jX9nLQPt