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Amnesty loses new New York Headquarters because China
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- DataWorker 7y agoThe real villains are the nimbys. If there were a ton of empty buildings this wouldn’t be a problem, they could move into one of the empty ones for cheap.
- whack 7y agoThis isn't SF, this is NYC. I don't recall development being overly burdensome in NYC
- dlgeek 7y agoQuoting the tweets in case they're taken down: > .@amnestyusa was excited to move to a new headquarters location in New York. Today, however we were notified that a Chinese SoE had purchased the building and unfortunately due to our work on human rights in China can no longer move there. Bc of our work on human rights in China. > We’ve seen the Chinese government harass civil society halfway across the world and especially within its border but to see it in the city I grew up in is alarming & concerning. It speaks to the danger and precedent of Chinese SoE influence abroad. #chinahumanrights > If promoting human rights is in the US national security interest why are Chinese SoEs who are buying property and excluding human rights orgs not a national security threat? Why shouldn’t these fall under scrutiny under CFiUS? SoEs are "State-Owned Enterprises"
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- whoevercares 7y agoSo, it looks like what the SoEs are doing is perfectly legal? Otherwise he won’t just complain on Twitter? And those tweets will be taken down because...?
- WalterGR 7y agoCould a mod change the title to something grammatical?
- stareatgoats 7y agoI believe this is acceptable English now. At least it's often been seen in the wild lately (last few years), and I for one find it quite expressive.
- whack 7y agoThe scariest thing is that this is most likely legal. Freedom of speech ensures your physical and legal safety, but you can still face all forms of economic persecution if what you're saying isn't very popular. As China becomes increasingly powerful in the coming decades, we can expect to see more of the same. I wonder if we need to extend Free Speech laws to address such issues. https://outlookzen.com/2014/05/11/a-tale-of-two-bigots/ https://outlookzen.com/2014/05/11/a-tale-of-two-bigots/
- whoevercares 7y agoWhy is this legal? Is it because the org has to make strong evidence to support the case?
- SamReidHughes 7y agoHollywood is already operating under this paradigm.