US Increases Scrutiny Over Chinese Land Purchases Near Military Bases

State and federal governments are increasingly concerned over real estate purchases made by foreign nationals from adversarial countries.

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The windswept town of Cheyenne, Wyoming, known for its cowboy culture, doesn’t seem like the kind of place where anyone would need to worry about geopolitical espionage.

Yet the Biden administration was concerned enough that the president in May made a rare move and issued an executive order shutting down MineOne Partners Ltd. and its affiliates. The firms are majority-owned by Chinese nationals.