Arkansas attorney general tells Chinese company to get off the state's land

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(The Center Square) - Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Tuesday he has ordered a Chinese state-owned company to give up approximately 160 acres of land it currently owns in Craighead County.

Griffin said the owner failed to report foreign ownership within the time allowed by law. Act 636 of 2023 banned nine foreign entities identified as enemies of the United States from owning Arkansas agricultural land.

ChemChina is on the Department of Defense’s list of Chinese military companies posing a clear threat, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday. More from this section Body found in train hopper car at feed mill in Hope, Ark. Arkansas universities adapt to affirmative action changes Today is deadline for paying property taxes in Arkansas “If they refuse to sell, our attorney general can move forward with legal proceedings and force them to get out of our state,” Sanders said.

“For those of you who think this is some sort of outlier, you’re wrong. I’ve been in the military for almost 30 years, and I can tell you one of the most consistent themes over the last decade at least has been warnings about the Communist Chinese, what they will do and what they are doing. So this is smart and this is strategic,” Griffin said.

 

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