Spencer Cox: “A Chinese state owned company tied to the People's…”

“I just want to make it very clear that Utah is reaffirming a strong message that it's been sending for several years. We will not allow adversarial foreign entities to buy up strategic land in our state. A Chinese state owned company tied to the People's Liberation army tried to purchase land near the Provo airport very recently. The company, Cirrus Aircraft is a majority is majority owned by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, which is also known as avic, a restricted foreign entity under Utah law with deep military ties to the Chinese government.” (01:26–01:35)

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