Category: Fufeng Group

Chinese Corn Mill Project in North Dakota Struck Down by Grand Forks Over National Security Concerns

A city council in North Dakota voted unanimously on Monday to block a Chinese company’s proposed corn mill after the U.S. Air Force raised national security concerns over its proximity to a military base. The public in attendance cheered and chanted “USA!” when the Grand Forks City Council voted unanimously 5–0 to terminate the proposal by…


China Buys up US Farmland by Exploiting Loopholes to Undermine US National Security: Security Expert

China is exploiting loopholes to buy up U.S. farmland with the aim of sabotaging the U.S. national security, warned Ross Kennedy, founder of U.S.-based logistics and supply chain advisory Fortis Analysis and senior fellow at Security Studies Group. Reports have emerged that Chinese companies in recent years have ramped up purchasing U.S. farmland for various…


GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese Purchase of US Farmland Near Air Force Base

Fifty-one House Republicans have written three of the Biden administration’s top cabinet officials in alarm over efforts by a Chinese entity to acquire farmland near a North Dakota air force base. The transaction in question concerns Fufeng Group, the large producer of food additives in China with links to the Chinese Communist Party. Fufeng recently…


North Dakota Corn Mill Project Draws Fire Over Reputed Links to Chinese Communist Party

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota—One by one, residents opposed to a corn mill investment by a Chinese company with reputed ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) got up to chastise the mayor and city council of Grand Forks, North Dakota. “You guys are the scariest people I know. You are willing to endanger this city,…


Locals in North Dakota Oppose Massive Corn Mill Project by Chinese Company

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota—One by one, residents opposed to a corn mill investment by a Chinese company with reputed ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) got up to chastise the mayor and city council of Grand Forks, North Dakota. “You guys are the scariest people I know. You are willing to endanger this city,…