I saw something about the Empire State Building getting lit up in red and yellow in honor of China -- I thought we did something to honor the country or our relation with them. I couldn't believe it when I learned we lit it up to honor the Communist Revolution in China 60 years ago!



When a giant ape from Africa climbed up the building we blasted it with airplanes and killed the ape. Now, instead of fighting a more dangerous and evil enemy, we welcome it to the same building and honor it with a light ceremony.

Huh!?! Who thought of doing that? And who allowed it?

The Chinese Consulate said the ESB contacted the consulate about the idea. Chinese Consulate spokeperson Gao Wen Qi said, "in this instance, the building approached the Consulate" according to the Huffington Post.

U.S. News and World Report published an editorial Wednesday titled "The Empire State Building's Disgusting Kowtow to China," which asked:
Is this to honor Mao Zedong, whose euphemistically-named Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution led to the mass starvation and mass murder of 40-70 million Chinese, a death toll perhaps surpassing that of Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin combined, and led him to declare, "China is such a populous nation, it's not as if we cannot do without a few people?"
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/doug-heye/2009/09/30/the-empire-s...

Again, did I miss something? Did China buy the building and we didn't know?

Someone paid attention to what Communist China has done in the area of human rights:



I did some research and learned that the ESB does have lighting ceremonies for just about anything, including: Columbus Day, Easter, Israel Tribute Committee, Salute to Israel Parade.

As a USC Trojan alumnus, it looks great in my school's colors of Cardinal & Gold:


But, frankly, I'd rather see King Kong up there than Communist China