Air Force warns Chinese company's North Dakota mill would be 'significant' national security threat

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Mayor Brandon Bochenski of Grand Forks, North Dakota, announced Tuesday that he plans to obstruct the development of a Chinese-owned corn mill due to national security concerns.

North Dakota's senators released on Tuesday a letter they received from Air Force Assistant Secretary Andrew Hunter in which the military official warned against the Fufeng project.

Local officials and federal authorities have warned that Fufeng has deep ties to the ruling Chinese Communist Party. He continued,"While [the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States] concluded that it did not have jurisdiction, the Department's view is unambiguous: the proposed project presents a significant threat to national security with both near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area."in the history of Grand Forks. The city said the plant would bring in at least 200 jobs and millions in tax revenue.

 

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