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Exclusive: After dangerous fungi intercepted in Detroit, Michigan House speaker mat hall We spoke to Fox News Digital about Congress’ efforts to blunt China’s influence and spying.
fungi, Fusarium graminearum“agroterrorism” is believed to be possible and is said to have been smuggled into the country by two Chinese citizens studying at the University of Michigan.
Hall, R-Kalamazoo said he and his colleagues have been warnings about Beijing’s efforts for months, indicating that the incident indicates that Michigan and other states need to be wary and prepared.
“As a speaker, I led to block foreign impact protection packages through the Capitol. CCP operative “From purchasing Michigan farmland, infiltrating universities and accessing the most sensitive data,” he said.
Toxic fungi are said to have been smuggled into the US (FBI)
“Our plan would have addressed this plan head on and prevented Chinese government interference with our food supply and universities.”
He called the bill package the strongest protection collection against CCP interference across the nation, but said it was supported by Senate Democrats and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Requests for comment from Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Jeremy Moss of D-Bloomfield were not immediately returned.
“Their inaction means our farmland, our military bases, and our universities are still at risk,” Hall lamented President Donald Trump’s praise for his actions to protect people from the “schemes of the lands of the United States and Chinese people.
“Too many professors and administrators have made Beijing use our campus as pawns. Publish all CCP operationseradicates all vulnerabilities and mobilizes resources from all states to secure Michigan, farmland, universities and more. ”
Officials from the Chinese embassy earlier this week claimed they had no knowledge of the incident involving two Chinese students trying to bring fungi to the University of Michigan, but experts said the pathogen could cause billions of damage to the US grain supply.
House speaker mat hole, R-Kalamazoo (image)
The incident attracted some similarities with the coronavirus pandemic, causing a global debate about whether the viral pathogens emerged from the lab and infected the world.
Officials from the Michigan Republican Communications Office said CCP sympathizers could infiltrate federal and state oversight bodies, allowing foreign agents to ramp out on university campuses with risky research grants like Fusarium graminearum.
State officials like Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs have rejected attempts to block land purchases related to China, but Michigan House leaders have said security breaches like the Fusarium graminearum incident have proven that the issue cannot be lifted.
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Republicans likewise criticized Whitmer for promoting a Chinese EV battery company in Big Rapids, Michigan, a proposed Gotion vehicle factory and “corporate subsidies.”
2024, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Selection Committee John Mourenard, Michigan Republicans also said Gotion High Tech has revealed “incontroversial evidence” that it is linked to supply chains, including forced labor in China.
“Americans hope that American companies will avoid all involvement in the Communist Chinese genocide campaign,” Mourenard said.
The company reportedly has tied to both China and German-owned Volkswagen, and has denied the committee’s findings. They call them “basically unfounded and absolutely false.”
In October, five Chinese citizens studying in Great Lakes County in collaboration with Chinese schools were charged with spying for allegedly spying operations outside of the Michigan State Guard Camp Greyling.
According to a Michigan House source, the package would block schools from accepting foreign grants if it turns out to be promoting anti-American agenda, and remove foreign data mining apps from government devices and strip them through provisions from R-Allegan’s Rachelle Smit. Nancy Jenkins Arno, r-lenawee; William Brook, R-Elly.
Michigan lawmakers are also trying to deal with another perceived threat from China. It is the use of drones and other technologies associated with Chinese companies employed by certain law enforcement agencies and city governments.
