Posted on 12/15/2022 12:31:23 PM PST by george76
Inter-agency body says it will not block company’s US$700 million corn milling plant in city of Grand Forks..
Residents who object to the project say it is too close to air force base and could be a ‘smokescreen’ for espionage
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A US inter-agency body charged with assessing national security risks involving foreign investments announced on Monday it will not block a Chinese agribusiness subsidiary’s proposed US$700 million corn milling project in North Dakota.
After completing a 45-day review, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) concluded that Fufeng USA’s purchase of 150 hectares (370 acres) of land in the city of Grand Forks from a private citizen is “not covered” under its jurisdiction.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the subsidiary of Chinese agribusiness giant Fufeng said CFIUS would not be taking any further action on the transaction, adding that the company was “pleased with the outcome of the CFIUS review” and was “looking forward to building its wet corn milling and bio-fermentation plant in Grand Forks”.
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First approved in November 2021, the project has drawn suspicion in the city of 58,000 residents since early this year.
Concerned residents pointed out that the plant would be located merely 19km (12 miles) from Grand Forks Air Force Base, home to top US intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
Some in the community have called the plans to build an agribusiness facility a smokescreen for espionage activities. Others fear it could “bring Communist China” to their neighbourhood.
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Responding to public outcry, US Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, both Republicans from North Dakota, have urged the city administration to jettison the project without a federal review, citing a lack of “transparency” in the CFIUS process.
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And I think there was a Chinese listening post in Texas that was shut down.
So I’m having trouble visualizing a Chinese “listening post.”——a chicom guy sitting on a tall stool with a megaphone sticking in his ear? Trying hard here.
The project say it is too close to air force base and could be a ‘smokescreen’ for espionage.
Wonder if Biden received Xi’s thank you card and bag of prizes yet?.
What the illegals don’t take China takes the rest what replacement plan huh Moe.
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Loved the mini Fauci! LOL!
You may want to contact the owners of the Huff Hills ski area near Mandan, North Dakota-it has a very impressive 450 ft vertical.
Oh my, Jean Claude!
It is a veritable cliff!
LOL.
Its vertical drop is 100 feet more than Afton Alps in Hastings, MN!
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