Bob Barney ~ We certainly do not want to deter foreign investments, but it would be best if America kept 51% ownership!
Planned for construction within about 100 miles of military facility
By 
Nick Pope
Daily Caller News Foundation
Gotion, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked electric vehicle (EV) company, announced Tuesday that it has purchased 270 acres to build a battery components factory near Big Rapids, Michigan, despite pushback from locals and conservative officials.
The factory is planned for construction within about 100 miles of a U.S. military facility that has previously hosted Taiwanese military officers receiving training from members of the Michigan National Guard, according to The Detroit News. Locals have voiced their opposition to the factory on account of the security concerns and its planned location on agricultural land, according to The Detroit News.
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Biden administration have thrown their support behind the Gotion plant. Whitmer has hailed the project as a means of cementing Michigan’s status as a “global hub of mobility and electrification.”
Gotion stands to benefit from hundreds of millions of dollars in state and federal grants and tax incentives for the project, which is estimated to create about 2,300 jobs, according to The Detroit News. Gotion’s top executive is Zhen Li, who as of April was a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, an advisory body to the CCP that seeks to influence and gather intelligence about elite organizations and individuals within and beyond China’s borders, according to an April press release from the Michigan State House Republicans.