China Continues Buying Up Land Near US Military Installations

China Continues Buying Up Land Near US Military Installations
Soldiers walk pass a newly unveiled sign after a redesignation ceremony officially renaming the military installation Fort Liberty, in Fayetteville, N.C., on June 2, 2023. Fort Liberty, formerly known as Fort Bragg, is the largest military installation by population in the United States. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images
Wilson Beaver
Thomas Rafacz
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Commentary
Chinese companies and Chinese nationals have been buying farmland across the United States, disproportionately located in the vicinity of major military installations. This includes land located near Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, North Carolina (formerly Fort Bragg). The New York Post, in an article analyzing the security threat posed by these purchases, noted that Fort Liberty is “surrounded by Chinese-owned farmland within a 30-mile radius.”
Wilson Beaver is senior policy analyst for defense budgeting with the Center for National Defense at The Heritage Foundation.