Ecuador's decision last week to grant political asylum to Julian Assange will roil geopolitics and society in numerous ways, much like earlier chapter in the high-stakes saga of WikiLeaks and its founder. Ecuador's President earlier stated that it is a "sovereign" decision of his country to grant asylum to Assange, who weeks to avoid being extradited to Sweden,

where he is wanted for alleged sexual assault charges.

We will address all this in this week's Across America Talk.

Host/Video: Yuhan Liu

Guests: Chen Weihua & Joseph Boris

Camera: Derek Bosko

Photo Search: Zhao Tingting & Wang Hui

Producer: Calvin Zhou

Senior Producer: Larry Lee & Ji Tao