Fuyao Glass, a Chinese-owned glass company in Ohio now at the center of a federal fraud investigation, is working deep behind the scenes to oppose a state bill that would ban foreign enemies from buying land and operating businesses in Ohio.
The state legislature in Columbus is debating HB1 and SB88, each of which would ban citizens and companies in countries on the Department of Defense foreign adversaries list from buying land in the Buckeye State with the goal of protecting farmlands, military bases, key infrastructure, businesses, and jobs for Americans in Ohio.
Democrats have lined up to oppose the bills, calling them “racist” and even shrilly comparing them to the “Holocaust.” They also claim the bill is aimed at preventing “migrants” from buying private homes.
At least some of the opposition is being funded by Fuyao Glass, a Chinese-owned company in Montgomery County, Ohio, that has been at the center of a federal investigation into human trafficking and charges of illegally importing foreign employees from China and then holding them in near slave conditions.
China should have no ability to negotiate with Ohio or any other state, for anything. Conversation over.