{"id":1990011,"date":"2023-08-03T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-chinas-push-to-control-u-s-food-supply-prepares-it-for-war-with-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:51:59","slug":"how-chinas-push-to-control-u-s-food-supply-prepares-it-for-war-with-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-chinas-push-to-control-u-s-food-supply-prepares-it-for-war-with-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s efforts to dominate US food supply for potential Taiwan conflict."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-chinas-push-to-control-u-s-food-supply-prepares-it-for-war-with-taiwan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>CCP\u2019s Rush to Buy Prime American Real Estate Sounding\u2064 Alarm Bells in Congress<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      \u200d      Chinese president Xi Jinping\u200b and another Chinese official inspect a farm in China \/ english.scio.gov.cn<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>China\u2019s rush to purchase U.S. farmland and exert control over America\u2019s food supply is a warning sign that Beijing is stockpiling resources in preparation for a war, the chairman of the \u200dHouse Select Committee on China told the <em>Washington\u200b Free\u2063 Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilywashburn\/2023\/03\/01\/how-much-us-farmland-does-china-really-own-more-than-bill-gates-and-less-than-17-other-countries\/?sh=bf4366f421ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">owns<\/a> nearly 400,000 acres of land across America\u2019s heartland and is currently the \u2064world\u2019s \u2062largest importer of corn, soybeans, rice, wheat, and dairy products. &#8220;Food security&#8221;\u200b has \u2064emerged as a\u200d top concern for Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, \u2063and the \u2063CCP\u2019s rush to buy prime American real estate is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hotwire-our-democracy-itself-mcconnell-attacks-dems-for-the-people-voting-bill\/\" title=\"\u2018Hotwire Our Democracy Itself\u2019: McConnell Attacks Dems \u2018For The People\u2019 Voting Bill\">sounding alarm bells<\/a> in \u200cCongress, \u200caccording to Rep. \u2064Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.), chair of the House China committee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of these things in my mind conspire\u200c to suggest \u2062he is preparing for potential war over Taiwan,&#8221; Gallagher told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> during an interview Thursday. &#8220;Some observers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/xi-jinping-says-he-preparing-china-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connect<\/a> \u200bXi Jinping\u2019s newfound obsession with food security with his increasing aggression towards Taiwan, speculating that if the CCP precipitates conflict in the Strait, global seaborne trade \u200dwill be disrupted, and therefore, securing\u200b grain supplies will be essential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s increasing\u2063 control over U.S. supply chains has \u200bemerged as a top priority for Gallagher\u2019s\u2064 committee, which will hold \u200da roundtable Thursday in Dysart, Iowa, with local farmers to examine &#8220;the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s agricultural technology theft,&#8221; according \u200dto a source close to the committee. \u2063The lawmakers will discuss the &#8220;impacts of the\u200d CCP\u2019s malign \u200ctactics to\u200c undermine American agriculture,&#8221; with\u200c a particular focus on Beijing\u2019s $2 billion investment in American land.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an existential threat to our farmers,&#8221; Rep. Ashley Hinson (R., Iowa), a China committee\u200d member who will participate \u200din the roundtable, told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;When you look at\u200b what the Chinese have been trying to do strategically, it\u2019s not just buying up farmland near military institutions, it\u2019s buying \u2062up farmland\u2062 through entities, so \u200cthey can control our\u2064 food and agriculture manufacturing \u2063supply. These are\u2063 glaring vulnerabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China is known to control around \u2064384,000 acres of American farmland, according to statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsa.usda.gov\/Assets\/USDA-FSA-Public\/usdafiles\/EPAS\/PDF\/2021_afida_annual_report_through_12_31_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in 2021 by the Department of Agriculture. Of those, 195,000 acres, worth around $2 billion, are controlled by 85 \u200dChinese investors \u2063and companies. Another 189,000 acres are owned by\u200b American companies that partner with China.<\/p>\n<p>But the investments \u2064could be\u200c much higher because American regulators have been &#8220;asleep at the \u2064wheel&#8221; for years,\u2063 failing to perform proper oversight on these purchases, according to Gallagher.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), a\u200d regulatory body, was only recently granted the power by\u200d Congress to scrutinize these purchases. However, the body has \u200dclaimed it has limited authority, leading Gallagher and a bipartisan group of lawmakers to propose legislation that would permit \u200bCFIUS to deny CCP land grabs \u2063near military bases and other sensitive American sites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still don\u2019t have the sense we\u200d know the full scope of what is happening,&#8221; Gallagher\u200d said, noting that China\u2019s United Front Works\u2014a \u2063government body \u200cthat pushes CCP ideology abroad\u2014remains &#8220;a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/henry-viiis-painter-gets-his-biggest-show-ever-in-the-united-states\/\" title=\"Henry VIII\u2019s Painter Gets His Biggest Show Ever In The United States\">poorly understood<\/a> \u2063phenomena, even in the intelligence community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China leverages its partnerships with American companies to obfuscate its role in the purchase\u2062 of U.S.\u2063 land, locations where Beijing often conducts\u200c surveillance operations on American soil. &#8220;I think that\u2019s poorly understood and the scope is much greater than we appreciate,&#8221; Gallagher said.<\/p>\n<p>Hinson expressed similar concerns, saying that Chinese state-controlled entities &#8220;are trying to hide their\u200c malign intentions by masquerading as a legitimate business partner.&#8221; Once they gain a foothold in America, these CCP entities &#8220;take\u2062 our intellectual\u2064 property from the American companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>American \u200cfarmland remains a top priority for China, with the\u200c FBI investigating\u2062 a host of cases\u2062 centered on CCP spies \u2064who have tried \u200cto steal\u200c U.S. trade secrets. Last year, for instance, a PRC national pled guilty\u2062 to &#8220;conspiracy to commit economic\u2062 espionage&#8221; and was sentenced to\u200c more than two years in prison for stealing software that \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-chinas-push-to-control-u-s-food-supply-prepares-it-for-war-with-taiwan\/\" title=\"China's efforts to dominate US food supply for potential Taiwan conflict.\">helps farmers collect field \u200ddata<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both Gallagher and Hinson said the Biden administration is not taking the threat seriously.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve just seen no sense of urgency by the Biden administration and really no willingness to talk about it,&#8221; Gallagher said. &#8220;That\u2019s the bigger issue right now. There\u2019s this renewed push for diplomatic and economic engagement with\u200b China \u2062and\u2064 that\u2019s having the practical effect of putting a wet blanket on all defensive\u2063 actions we need to take to defend ourselves from the CCP\u2019s ongoing economic and ideological war against America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CCP&#8217;s rapid acquisition of valuable US properties is raising concerns in Congress. President Xi Jinping&#8217;s inspection of a Chinese farm highlights China&#8217;s push to control American farmland and secure its food supply. 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