I think the equivalent would be if New York Times is somehow owned by Tencent and given that the Chinese government uses golden shares to control private compan

I think the equivalent would be if New York Times is somehow owned by Tencent and given that the Chinese government uses golden shares to control private companies. In that case, I think it's fair game to force NYT to divest or force them to shutdown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_share https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_share