This brings up the idea that Snowden fled the US to a place that he felt would be more free.
That's not true at all. He just needed to go somewhere that both a) would resist the US's judicial attempts at extradition and b) would resist the US's extrajudicial attempts at extradition. HK is probably one of the few places that satisfy both.
HK != China
Hong Kong is China and has been since 1997.
One country, two systems.
That's about as smart as saying babies are human so they can vote. Just to make it clear to you, because you seem a bit dense, that means what you said is extremely stupid.