{"id":2020560,"date":"2023-09-02T20:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ev-plants-chinese-backer-promotes-communist-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T20:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:25:43","slug":"michigan-ev-plants-chinese-backer-promotes-communist-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ev-plants-chinese-backer-promotes-communist-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese-backed Michigan EV plant promotes communist propaganda."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fmichigan-ev-plants-chinese-backer-promotes-communist-propaganda%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=2020560&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>A\u2062 China-Based Company&#8217;s\u2062 Allegiance to the CCP<\/h2>\n<p>A\u200d China-based company behind the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ev-plants-chinese-backer-promotes-communist-propaganda\/\" title=\"Chinese-backed Michigan EV plant promotes communist propaganda.\">taxpayer-funded\u2063 electric vehicle<\/a> (EV) battery plant\u2062 in Michigan has published reports\u2062 showing some employees raising \u200ctheir\u2063 fists \u2063pledging loyalty to\u2063 the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while others tour a museum \u200cwearing what looks \u200clike \u200dRed Army uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>Gotion High-Tech, \u2064which is the China-based parent company of Gotion Inc. that \u2063is developing an EV battery plant near Big Rapids, recently published reports and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-pounds-palestinian-terrorists-rejects-calls-for-truce-after-terrorists-kicked-hornets-nest\/\" title=\"Israel Pounds Palestinian Terrorists, Rejects Calls For Truce After Terrorists Kicked Hornet\u2019s Nest\">video footage showing<\/a> its staffers participating in pro-communist \u2062activities at an apparent work retreat.<\/p>\n<p>Gotion Inc. secured a $1 billion taxpayer support for its \u200dfactory near\u2064 Big Rapids, at \u200can overall cost of $2.4 billion, according to reports. Concerns \u200babout the deal have been\u200d raised by Michigan residents, \u2062Republicans, and environmental groups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related\u2064 Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/china-offers-to-fund-silicon-valley-dam-5485238\">China Offers to Fund Silicon Valley Dam<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/1\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/china-offers-to-fund-silicon-valley-dam-5485238\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/chinas-sea-sweeping-fishing-armadas-ensnare-pacific-economies-ecologies-island-leaders-5484661\">China&#8217;s \u2064Fishing Armadas Ensnare Pacific Economies, Ecologies: Island Leaders<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/1\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/chinas-sea-sweeping-fishing-armadas-ensnare-pacific-economies-ecologies-island-leaders-5484661\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>&#8216;Fight For\u2063 Communism&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Records <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/31\/gotion-ccp-red-army-ev-batteries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported<\/a> by \u2063the \u2063Daily Caller National Foundation (DCNF) show that, during the summer of\u200d 2021, employees of Gotion High-Tech went on field trips \u2062to communist \u200drevolutionary memorials in China, \u2064donning Red Army outfits and pledging to &#8220;fight for communism \u2062to\u2062 the end of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-i-learned-at-the-aspen-ideas-reet-festival-sponsored-by-mastercard-paypal-and-prudential-in-partnership-with-bloomberg\/\" title=\"What I Learned at the Aspen Ideas RE$ET Festival Sponsored by Mastercard, PayPal, and Prudential in Partnership with Bloomberg\">man wearing<\/a> a Red Army uniform participates \u200din a re-enactment at the\u200d Long March Spirit Experience Park, in Yingshan, China,\u2062 on June 26, 2021. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>People wearing Red Army uniforms participate in a \u2064re-enactment at the Long\u2062 March Spirit \u200bExperience Park\u2062 in \u2062Yingshan, China, on June\u200c 26, 2021. (Getty\u2063 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI volunteer to join \u200dthe CCP, uphold the Party\u2019s \u200dplatform, observe the\u2064 provisions of the Party\u2019s by-laws,\u2064 carry \u200cout a member\u2019s \u2064duties, carry out the Party\u2019s decisions, strictly\u200c observe the Party\u2019s \u200bdiscipline, be loyal to the\u200c Party, work hard, to fight for communism as long \u2062as \u2064I \u2062live, be ready at all \u2062times to sacrifice everything for the Party and \u2062people and never \u200dbetray the Party,\u201d the employees chanted during a trip to China\u2019s Revolutionary Memorial Hall in July 2021, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LenczyckiPhilip\/status\/1697340727695725006?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">footage translated<\/a> by the Daily\u200b Caller National Foundation (DCNF).<\/p>\n<p>A\u200c second\u2062 trip took\u2062 place a \u200cmonth later when the company took \u200dstaff to\u200d Dabie Mountain in\u200b Anhui province, where\u2063 they paid homage to the CCP&#8217;s Long March, per the report. Employees during the second trip also wore Red Army\u2064 uniforms \u2062and sang pro-communist songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While\u2062 Gotion High-Tech did \u2064not \u200crespond to a request for comment from The Epoch \u2063Times, \u200ba\u2063 company spokesperson\u200d from Gotion Inc. told \u2062Fox \u2064News that its parent company didn&#8217;t fund the excursions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gotion High-Tech employees in \u2062China\u2064 are\u200d involved with many\u200b clubs, including biking\u2064 and \u2062hiking clubs, and one politically \u2062affiliated\u200d club,&#8221; the official told the\u200d outlet. &#8220;None of these\u200c clubs \u200bare financed by\u2063 Gotion High-Tech, and some employees individually paid \u2064for field trips to\u200b historical sites in China out of their own pockets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gotion Inc. is headquartered in Fremont, California, \u2063and is not supervised,\u2063 directed, controlled or financed by any foreign government or foreign \u2062political party,&#8221; the spokesperson continued.\u2064 &#8220;Gotion Inc. does observe all American holidays and wishes everyone a wonderful\u200d Labor Day\u200c holiday this \u200bweekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gotion&#8217;s North American Manufacturing Vice President Chuck Thelen has in the past dismissed\u2062 concerns about its parent company&#8217;s links to \u200bthe CCP, saying that Gotion Inc. is \u201cnot Chinese-owned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rumors that you\u2019ve heard \u200dabout us bringing communism to North America \u200dare just flat-out \u2062fear-mongering and really have nothing based in reality,&#8221; he \u200csaid earlier this month, according \u2063to Politico.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All companies in China, including \u2062foreign\u2062 companies, are required by law to have a CCP office set up inside the company\u2019s structure, which\u2063 supervises the company\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Visitors dressed in Red Army uniforms take part in a\u200b tour in\u200b Jinggangshan in central \u2062China, on Sept. 21, 2012. (Peter Parks\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>People wearing Red Army uniforms take part in a tour and re-enactment at the Long March Spirit \u2063Experience Park in Yingshan, China, on June 26, 2021. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Gotion \u200bInc. Registers as Foreign Entity<\/h2>\n<p>Gotion Inc. \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/chinese-company-behind-michigan-ev-battery-plant-registers-as-foreign-entity-5478328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently registered<\/a> under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, according to\u2062 the registration document it submitted to the U.S.\u200b Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The document states that Gotion Inc., which is \u200bbased in Fremont, California, is \u201cwholly \u2062owned and controlled\u201d by Gotion \u2063High-tech Co. Ltd., which is based near Hefei, a \u200bcity in eastern China.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the \u200ddocument states that Gotion\u2063 Inc. is not\u00a0\u201csupervised,\u201d \u201cdirected,\u201d or \u2063\u201cfinanced\u201d \u200dby \u201ca foreign government, foreign political \u200cparty, or other foreign principal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gotion Inc. is, however, &#8220;completely \u2064controlled&#8221; \u200cby China-based\u200c Gotion \u2064High-Tech.<\/p>\n<p>The document also\u2063 asks \u200dif the \u201cforeign principal,\u201d meaning Gotion Inc., \u200bwill engage in \u201cpolitical activities,\u201d with Gotion\u2019s answer to \u2063this being &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <em>Efthymis\u2063 Oraiopoulos contributed to this \u2062report.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A China-based company overseeing the U.S. taxpayer-funded EV battery plant in Michigan has released reports displaying employees raising fists in allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Additionally, some employees were seen wearing Red Army uniforms during a museum visit. Gotion High-Tech, the parent company of Gotion Inc., is responsible for these actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":2020561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}