Roy introduces bill blocking Chinese Communist Party members from buying US land

US Congressman Chip Roy has said China has been buying land in the United States and elsewhere in "their quest for global domination.”

Representative Roy (R-Texas) is introducing a bill in the House of Representatives on Friday aimed at blocking members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from buying land in the United States. 

The bill, called The Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act, would completely stop CCP from buying either public or private land in the United States. 

The bill is being introduced by Roy along with Reps. Lance Gooden (R-Texas), Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and Randy Weber (R-Texas).

“In their quest for global domination, China has been buying up land and strategic infrastructure all over the world and in the United States,” Roy said. 

“Direct Chinese investment in the US economy is a major threat to the American way of life and requires that we take serious action to thwart the Chinese Communist party (CCP) from ever seizing control of strategically valuable domestic assets in the US,” he added.

He noted that America already has about 30 million acres of farmland owned by foreign investors.

“In Texas, a Chinese based energy company purchased more than 130,000 acres of land near Laughlin Air Force Base and is now attempting to build a wind farm to access the U.S. power grid,” Roy said in a press release. 

Washington and Beijing have been at odds this week over American senators visiting Taiwan and the US passing an expansive bill to boost the country’s ability to compete with Chinese technology.

The Senate, in a 68-32 vote on Tuesday, passed the measure intended to expand American semiconductor production and foster the development of artificial intelligence and other technology.

Among the anti-China provisions, there are ones which would forbid the social media app TikTok from being downloaded on government devices, and would block the purchase of drones manufactured and sold by companies allegedly supported by the Chinese government.

It would also allow diplomats and Taiwanese military to display their flag and wear their uniforms while in the US on official businesses. Moreover, it would create broad new mandatory sanctions on Chinese entities allegedly engaged in US cyberattacks or theft of US intellectual property from American firms.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a co-sponsor of the measure, warned of the dire consequences of failing to fund research to keep up with China.

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China

The US and China are increasingly at odds over a range of issues, including alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong, China’s territorial claims on Chinese Taipei and most of the South China Sea as well as the origin of the coronavirus.

China hoped for an improvement in relations under President Joe Biden, who succeeded Donald Trump in January, but the new administration has shown no sign of backing down on hardline policies toward China.
 

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