Makes sense, the Chicoms have read the tea leaves, and they see that the current world trend is going towards shutting down food production, so they want to get into something more secure.
Also normal farmland owned by China.
“China owns $870 billion in U.S. Treasuries that finance our debt. And they either own or have a huge portion of the Chicago Stock Exchange, AMC movie theaters, General Electric’s appliance division, General Motors, and Smithfield Foods just to name a few.”
“On another alarming note, folks. China owns 384,000 acres of American agricultural land. That’s a 30% increase just since 2019. And on top of that, they own land near an air force base in North Dakota. That’s a clear threat to our national security.”
From US Representative Mike Collins, Georgia. 2023.
I was startled the first time I heard that the coincidence rule was way down at 39. I would have it in the top 5.