BREAKING WORLD WAR III NEWS: AIR FORCE SAYS CHINESE-OWNED CORN MILL IN NORTH DAKOTA IS “SIGNIFICANT THREAT” TO AMERICA; LEADERS OF SELF-DRIVING TRUCK COMPANY, TUSIMPLE HOLDINGS INC, FACE ESPIONAGE CONCERNS OVER CHINA TIES. Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, says it sounds like something is afoot. In the words of Whyte’s father, who is now in Heaven, Bishop Daniel White Jr., none of this sounds kosher, so people, prepare for the worst and save yourselves from this untoward generation by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ who said the most loving words ever said in the history of the world to mankind, who said the most magnificent words ever said in the history of the world to mankind, and who said the most important words ever said in the history of the world to mankind when He said, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
A proposal for a corn mill, which had been welcomed as an economic development success, reflects just how much things have changed with Chinese investment proposals in the U.S.
After more than a year of debate about whether a Chinese company’s plan to build a corn mill in North Dakota was an economic boon or a geopolitical risk, an assistant secretary of the Air Force has weighed in with a warning that the “project presents a significant threat to national security.”
The letter from Assistant Secretary Andrew P. Hunter, released publicly on Tuesday by North Dakota’s senators, noted the proximity of Grand Forks Air Force Base to the proposed mill and said the project raised “near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area.”
The debate over Fufeng USA’s plan to build a giant milling facility on the edge of Grand Forks, less than 15 miles from the Air Force base, divided the Republican power structure in North Dakota and showed just how swiftly the economic relationship between the United States and China had changed.
Though the Air Force letter did not name specific threats, residents had voiced numerous concerns. Some in town said it was unwise to deepen economic ties with China, while others speculated that the mill could be used for spying on the Air Force, which the company denied.
The city’s Republican mayor, Brandon Bochenski, a former supporter of the project, said on Tuesday that because of the federal guidance, he would move to block construction by trying to deny building permits and by refusing to connect city infrastructure to the building site.
“The Air Force left ambiguity off the table,” the state’s two senators, John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, both Republicans, said in a joint statement that called for Grand Forks officials to work with them “to find an American company to develop the agriculture project.”
The corn mill was the sort of job-creating opportunity that cities have long fought over, and one that just a few years ago would have been seen by most as an unambiguous win. Both Mr. Bochenski and North Dakota’s Republican governor, Doug Burgum, celebrated in late 2021 when Grand Forks landed the project, which would have been the city’s largest economic development project in recent history.
But within months after Fufeng chose Grand Forks, a college and military city with 59,000 residents, many in town began speaking out against the project. While some of the opposition focused on property rights and water use, the company’s ties to China and the perceived national security risks became the focus of pushback. Still, the city moved forward, annexing the field where the mill would be built and entering into a development agreement with the company.
Source: NYTimes, Mitch Smith
To read more, click here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/us/corn-mill-fufeng-china-north-dakota.html
Leaders of Self-Driving-Truck Company Face Espionage Concerns Over China Ties
National-security review sparked concerns over TuSimple’s alleged tech transfer to China.
The Justice Department has been urged by representatives of a U.S. national-security panel to consider economic-espionage charges against leaders of TuSimple Holdings Inc., an American self-driving-truck company with ties to China, according to people familiar with the matter.
The recommendation for criminal charges, made late last year, stemmed from concerns that two founders and the current chief executive of the San Diego-based company were improperly transferring technology to a Chinese startup, the people said. The concerns were based on material gathered as part of a national-security review of TuSimple launched earlier last year.
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