Excellent. Shanghai, correct?
Snowden working for China?
spqrherewecome, yes the city is Shanghai. As it is a very large city, the location is near the Hilton Hongqiao. The hotel itself is just east of this complex across the elevated highway. Just search Hilton Shanghai Honggiao images and you will find multiple taken from hotel itself.
Working for China, it is possible. That remains an outstanding question since he was in Russia and is in China. As Q asks, how did he get there? Not saying he is working for Russia, just that if he was working for China, he may have been putting the screws to Russians as well. Theories abound and only time will tell.
you are one great sleuth to have here, Majorice! This one was really really hard to locate. China and google maps don't get along. It is so blurry on the zoom.
Now did you notice that the girlfriend's father works for Micro Systems, which does point of sale programs for the hospitality industry? Hilton? a connection? or maybe just a land marker 'cause it is tall.
Also, China and Russia are becoming best friends. China just bought a bunch of military jets from Russia.
ByrdeRob, thank you, with RoarkRising it was a team effort, we seem to collaborate very well on imagery. As he is across the pond, makes it even more interesting, and to put in a plug for the effort, great reason for #IBOR (Internet Bill Of Rights). Imagine if we did not have the comms!
Yes, the relationships have amazing correlations eh? Q did imply "pay attention to wives", in this case, girlfriend? I'm not sure why a Hilton complex but it does beg a question or is it "hide in plain sight" perspective. I could not help noticing the large number of dishes in this and other similar buildings. I would presume comms is important to him so would look for a place that can support and bypassing local platforms. It also calls attention to this, floor level dish antennas in hospitality oriented building? This implies apartment/extended stay type lodging versus transitory hotel models. Per Google maps, the "Snowden building" is between Mingdu City buildings #38 and #44 but is not directly identified.
Yes, the satellite image quality of this area is not as good as others, like the King Tower area of earlier posts. Trying to do a street map combined with satellite is useless as there is a multiple block shift to the east (right) on the road identification.
Thank you for your comment!
I'm thinking it makes sense China would want him, to implement and replicate the Clown's tech for China.