http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hUZamhqvPGVrYZpGq_clUpC7dAUg
They may own the building. The China has been buying alot of real estate in the U.S over the past decade. It's kinda funny they do this. 20 years ago it would have been a huge scandal.
Empire State Building Associates, a general partnership of 2500 investors headed by Peter L. Malkin, Esq. and Mrs. Harry B. Helmsley, holds the master lease and controls the building until 2076.
They also own the building: http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsid...l/bd020325.htm
It shouldn't be long before China owns us anyway, so we might as well welcome them..... d*