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09-30-2009, 12:45 AM
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This seems a bit out of sorts to me but I don't know if it's on the up and up. I'm failing to see why this country would celebrate 60 years of communism in China??? 
Mon Sep 28, 3:21 pm ET
NEW YORK (AFP) – New York's iconic Empire State Building will light up red and yellow Wednesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of communist China.
The Chinese consul, Peng Keyu, and other officials will take part in the lighting ceremony which will bathe the skyscraper in the colors of the People's Republic until Thursday, Empire State Building representatives said in a statement.
The upper sections of the building are regularly illuminated to mark special occasions, ranging from all blue to mark "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra's death in 1998 to green for the annual Saint Patrick's Day.
Just last week the tower turned bright red.
However, that was not to mark some other communist achievement, but the 70th anniversary of the film "The Wizard of Oz" in which Dorothy wears ruby slippers rather than the silver of the original L. Frank Baum novel.
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09-30-2009, 12:54 AM
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09-30-2009, 01:02 AM
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09-30-2009, 01:18 AM
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09-30-2009, 08:31 AM
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09-30-2009, 08:32 AM
| | | | Does China own the Empire State Building yet?
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09-30-2009, 08:36 AM
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Endorsing Artist : Genz Benz | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago - LA | | | I think they might. ASain investors just lost by a little mount the Sears tower..err...Willis tower. Willis tower..I will NEVER call it that.
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09-30-2009, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by KeithBMI  I did not know that they changed the colors. I thought it was always red, white, and blue. | Hate to be the one to break it to ya Keith, but those are colours. |
09-30-2009, 09:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | China's not Communist anymore. They've fully embraced capitalism. The best way to honor the Chairman nowadays is to see his face on as many yuan notes as possible.
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09-30-2009, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by UnsungZeros We want to keep them happy so that they don't call in our loans. | This. Consider it a small concession to our new masters to avoid total economic collapse. |
09-30-2009, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Thunderscreech China's not Communist anymore. They've fully embraced capitalism. | That's not even close to being true. |
09-30-2009, 11:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | China owns a good deal of US land/buildings. They probably own that building. We'll be "celebrating" lots of "foreign" holidays and occasions in the "USA" very soon... |
09-30-2009, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson Hate to be the one to break it to ya Keith, but those are colours. | I meant, "I didn't know they could change the colors for special occasions. I thought they were red, white, and blue 24/7."
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09-30-2009, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jared Lash That's not even close to being true. | He is right about one thing, it's not communism, it's a dictatorship.
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09-30-2009, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by UnsungZeros We want to keep them happy so that they don't call in our loans. | Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMan118 I bet all the lights were made in China. | Quote:
Originally Posted by chicago_mike didnt turn green for a particular day when they said they would, but yeah China is our daddy. | Quote:
Originally Posted by dougjwray Does China own the Empire State Building yet?
(Actually not kidding.) | Quote:
Originally Posted by jaywa This. Consider it a small concession to our new masters to avoid total economic collapse. | Just substitute "Japan" in all these posts and it's 1989 all over again. 
I'm not saying things will turn out the same way by any means--China has a very different demographic story, for one thing--but don't be too quick to jump to conclusions (I know, that's the second most popular thing on the Internet).
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09-30-2009, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GregC I'm not saying things will turn out the same way by any means--China has a very different demographic story, for one thing--but don't be too quick to jump to conclusions (I know, that's the second most popular thing on the Internet). | But that's what my mat is telling me to do! 
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09-30-2009, 01:28 PM
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09-30-2009, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by cassanova | Exactly. The Empire State Building Co. has decided to salute the 60th
anniversary of the bloodiest dictatorship in world history by bathing the
building in red and yellow. |
09-30-2009, 01:32 PM
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09-30-2009, 01:55 PM
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