From globalaffairs.org, by Hope O’Dell, AJ Caughey
Posted March 29, 2024 | Updated on Apr 04, 2024
In short: In 2023, at least 81 bills banning Chinese ownership of U.S. land were introduced across 33 states, at the same time that the federal government was ramping up efforts to restrict or investigate Chinese-owned businesses like TikTok and Temu. Some legislators say Chinese ownership of U.S. land presents a national security risk, but the acreage actually held by China in the States is relatively small. As of 2021, China owned less than 1% of all foreign-held land in the U.S. Canada, by contrast, held the most at 12.8 million acres — more than the entire area of Vermont and New Hampshire combined.