It is time to start confiscating properties in the US owned in any part by the Chinese. That would send a message for sure.
I’ve got lots of problems with the Chinese, but I never have understood the issue with Chinese land ownership here.
It’s not like they’re going to export our farmlands to Canton or that they bought them so that they could sow them with salt. If they outbid US buyers, that means the American seller made more money from their investment. The Americans who sold to them made good money and the Chinese bought them to grow crops and raise livestock. A pig or an ear of corn doesn’t know who raised it.
But speaking of foreign ownership of American farmlands, the Chinese own less than 1%. Italy owns 7%, the Netherlands 12%, and Canada 31%. None of the ownerships have affected agricultural output.