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A Chinese-owned company tried to buy land near Provo Airport. Utah blocked it, Gov. Cox says
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and several lawmakers gathered in a sweltering field next to an old barn in the tiny farm community of Palmyra on Tuesday to announce state officials had recently blocked a Chinese state-owned company from buying land near the Provo Airport. Cox said he wanted to make clear that “Utah is reaffirming a strong message that it’s been sending for years.” “We will not allow adversarial foreign entities to buy up strategic land in our state,” Cox said. He announced that “a Chinese state-owned company, tied to the People’s Liberation Army,” which is the ...