Lawmakers raise concerns about Chinese-based firm's acquisition of land near US military installation

Fifty-one lawmakers in a new letter are sounding alarms over a Chinese-based manufacturer’s acquisition of land near a U.S. Air Force base in North Dakota.  

In a letter to the secretaries of Defense, Agriculture and the Treasury, the lawmakers, led by Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), call the property purchase by the Fufeng Group an “alarming development for our national security." 

The Fufeng Group has “close links” to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the letter asserts, and...