Because the NYT supports the Chi-com model, they probably think they are immune to this kind of thing - useful idiots on a grand, publicly traded scale....
The NYT does not support the Chinese model, which is more or less unregulated capitalism, with small exceptions made for state-owned enterprises. It's spent a lot of time criticizing the Chinese for labor issues because the Chinese don't have enough government regulations for the NYT's taste. The NYT wants Swedish-style socialism, not communism. The raw capitalism that's part of the Chinese economic scene is why its nominal per capita GDP is 4x India's and reflected by annual car sales that are just over 6x India's.