Chinese co. leases space in NYC Freedom Tower

Vantone is definitely a quasi-government institution, by the way, so I think it's a bit far-fetched that the media has struck the "first private company" chorus so quickly.

Vantone is even performing public diplomacy/chamber of commerce like functions:

Vantone plans to build a cultural and business center for Chinese companies doing business in the United States and American companies working in China.

It's Vantone...you know, Vantone?

http://www.vantone.net/en/contents/85/327.html

It took three years of stop-and-start negotiations, but a Chinese real estate company is finally signing a lease for space in a 102 story skyscraper under construction at ground zero, becoming the first commercial tenant for the rebuilt World Trade Center.



The Beijing Vantone Industrial Company has agreed to a 23-year lease for floors 64 through 69 in what will be known as 1 World Trade Center, at the southeast corner of West and Vesey Streets. The $3.1 billion office building, once called the Freedom Tower, is scheduled to be completed in 2013...