Posted on 08/13/2023 4:03:08 PM PDT by Libloather
A rural community in Michigan has hailed a 'huge victory' after a Chinese-owned industrial firm backed out of buying local farmland.
Residents of the idyllic Green Charter Township, around 50 miles east of Lake Michigan, say they were 'bullied' into accepting the takeover, but refused to do so.
Gotion, a company that 'pledges allegiance' to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), did, however, complete the purchase of 260 acres of derelict industrial land in the township and 10 acres of disused farmland last week.
It comes as data shows Chinese firms now own more than $2billion worth of US farmland, up from just $162million a decade ago, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The CCP has a stake in 383,935 acres of American agricultural land as of December 2021, according to the latest figures released by the US Department of Agriculture.
By comparison, Bill Gates owns 248,000 acres of US farmland, while Jeff Bezos owns 420,000.
It has sparked a national debate over why the US is allowing a hostile state to buy up vital land across the country amid concerns over espionage and security.
Hundreds of residents in Green Charter Township, Mecosta County, have previously turned out to protest the Gotion deal, in which the firm is to be paid $175million in direct taxpayer funding to help it build the facility.
Questions have also been raised over allowing a CCP-subsidiary to move into a site that is just 100 miles away from a US military camp where the Michigan National Guard has been training troops from Taiwan - a territory neighboring China some security experts, including among the US military, say Beijing is preparing to invade.
In a statement confirming the purchase of 270 acres of land in Green Charter Township last week, Gotion said it had 'listened to concerns of local residents...
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Can Americans own land in China?
They’ll be targeted by “Nazi” Nessel in 3..2..1..
Chinese businesses are buying up farmland for investment reasons I think.
Chinese economy is whack, but I don’t want them buying up US farmland all the same.
move into a site that is just 100 miles away from a US military camp where the Michigan National Guard has been training troops from Taiwan -
I loathe, despise, and abominate that National Guard base.
Probably true.
Pretty sure that is Trump country.
I will keep an eye out and let you know.
How do you think The Stable Genius is going to win an election he couldn't win when he was in power? (because he wasn't genius enough to prevent the steal)
How do any of you think this will end well? Without getting off your fat asses? Some of you won't even vote. You won't even defend yourself from a tranny fag soy boy or urban hominid hitting you in the face. You'll just stand there or curl up on the ground rather than FIGHT.
Didn’t a lot of states once have laws barring non-resident foreigners from buying agricultural land? A few still do, though there are ways of getting around them.
The Tater was only able to scare up 1,500 more ballots than Cankles had in '16 [5,800 for Hitlary].
Too far away from the ballot factories - but they still managed to increase "turnout" with the Michigan vote-rigging scheme.
I'll have to check 2018 & 2022 to see what they were up to.
The Chinese bought Smithfield years ago. Our politicians have let them drill for oil, plus so much more.
The CCP paid the Bidens and Marxist Dems for the privilege to make the purchases. Maybe they all get a percentage of the ownership.
If Gates and the Chicoms are not farming the land, rezone it to commercial and charge them the higher rates.
If our government were doing their job, a move should be underway to not only NOT allow any foreign ownership of U.S. land, but to begin to retrieve what has already been sold. You can’t have sovereignty when there is foreign ownership of U.S. land. Even the dimwits in our gov’t. (and there seem to be far too many) should realize that.
They are buying land in many states near strategic locations. Also, planting crops and exporting it back to China. Water too, I believe.
Most of western Mi near the lake are Trump. Then farther north where we are is crazy for Trump.
Driving around our neck of the woods in this state you will see “Trump” painted on barns and signs everywhere.
That stuff down south is where all the liberals reside. Lansing, etc.
We are less than an hour south of the bridge.
I have read that Chinese bought blocks of Detroit during the worst times.
Sounds true.
What a lovely country…
Hopefully their economy crashes and people rise up.
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