Recent brushes with China have crystallized a challenge for lawmakers and defense experts that has long sat in the shadows — Beijing's steadily increasing share of US land poses a serious 'national security threat.'
The recent brushes with China have crystallized a challenge for lawmakers and defense experts that has long sat in the shadows — Beijing's steadily increasing share of U.S. land poses a serious “national security threat.”While China is known to own just a fraction of American agricultural land — a little less than 1% of all foreign-held land, according to the Department of Agriculture — its investment in agricultural holdings has increased dramatically in recent years.
Lawmakers from both parties have had more frequent and aggressive conversations about countering the threat of China ever since. However, even before the spy balloon saga, Chinese land purchases near U.S. military bases in Texas and North Dakota raised alarm bells. Similarly, Fufeng Group, a huge agricultural company with significant links to China’s government, purchased 370 acres as a location for its new wet corn mill in the agribusiness park just a short distance from Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. That base is home to sensitive air and space operations.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said last year that “foreign-owned land near military installations may require additional monitoring” and warned that “as more Chinese investors purchase land, including for agricultural use, CFIUS has an opportunity to safeguard vital military assets.”
Concerns over the Chinese land buy came as Sens. Rubio, Kevin Cramer , and John Hoeven sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen early last year asking CFIUS to “conduct a review of Chinese food manufacturer Fufeng Group’s recent purchase.” The senators said the proximity of the land to the base"led to concern that Fufeng operations could provide cover for [People’s Republic of China] surveillance.
Fufeng business filings state that Fufeng Group Chairman Li Xuechun “is a member of the Shandong Province 12th People’s Congress,” which is a part of the ruling CCP’s governing structure.
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