National security or discrimination? Chinese money divides U.S. communities

From North Dakota to Florida, land deals draw suspicion and new restrictions

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has championed a law restricting land purchases by foreign nationals. At right, farmland in North Dakota that was sought by a Chinese company.  (Source photos by Reuters, Hiroyuki Nishimura)

HIROYUKI NISHIMURA, Nikkei commentator

NEW YORK -- When a proposal first emerged for a Chinese chemicals company to set up a plant in North Dakota, six out of seven members on the local city council welcomed it with open arms.

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