>>11955881 PB China buying US property
Chinese-owned property in Texas; Morning Star Ranch with its own airport and more
Chinese-owned property in Texas; Morning Star Ranch with its own airport and more
Credit to twitter poster and linked foreignpolicy article authors. Windfarm pics in the article from another site. Morning Star site still under discussion.
Key points of the article
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Sun Guangxin, the founder of the Guanghui Energy Company, is a former Chinese military officer and one of the largest landowners in China’s Xinjiang province, has purchased nine ranches in Val Verde County, Texas including Morning Star Ranch
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Morning Star Ranch is close to the US border and Laughlin Air Force Base where pilot training occurs. Laughlin graduates more than 350 student pilots each year, according to a 2018 release, and its flight routes are critical to the area’s economy. The base contributed $2 billion to the state’s economy last year, and it indirectly or directly provides more than 10,000 jobs, estimates from the Texas comptroller’s office show.
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Then-Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast (now retired) took over the Air Force’s San Antonio-based Education and Training Command, which oversees Laughlin.in November 2017 when made aware of the Chinese purchase said it was a potential National Security risk.
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Article goes on to discuss other sites in Texas bought by Chinese money.
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Trump is aware of the situation.
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Since Sun is a former People’s Liberation Army officer and one of the largest landowners in China’s Xinjiang province, the current site of a sweeping campaign by Beijing to intern around 1 million ethnic Uighur minorities under the guise of a counterterrorism operation there has been discussion that he could face sanctions for possible abuses of Uighurs.
https://twitter.com/Jkylebass/status/1335230447085871104
https://twitter.com/Jali_Cat/status/1335299344354996225
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/25/texas-chinese-wind-farm-national-security-espionage-electrical-grid/
https://www.laughlin.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1679558/new-commander-takes-reins-at-47th-flying-training-wing/
Additional digging found that Morning Star Ranch also has an active airport; FAA TA81 &
called Tyra Ranch airport in Airport Guide. Couldn’t find much on the alleged owners (we know Sun owns the property). Found a company called Tyra Ranch Services, Inc. but their addresses are all around the Houston area.