Let me see if I have this right. We have the Empire State Building (an Icon of Capitalism) lit up celebrating the anniversary of the People’s Revolution and the triumph of communism in China.
Clearly the Chinese government has chosen to use this to send a message: “WE OWN YOU”. The particulars of why this was agreed upon may be of lesser importance in the grand scheme of things. The Russian expression would be roughly translated: “checkmate”.
As the expression goes, “May you live in interesting times.”