By Philip Lenczycki
The Chinese parent of a firm slated to develop a manufacturing facility near several Midwest military bases has extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation based on research conducted by The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project and Heritage Action.
Cnano Technology USA Inc. (Cnano USA) plans to invest in a 333,000-square-foot facility in Johnson County, Kansas, that will manufacture liquid conductive paste for electric vehicle batteries and other devices, according to an August announcement from the Kansas City Area Development Council, which partnered with the state and other parties to attract the firm to Kansas. Cnano USA’s $95 million facility will be built approximately 35 miles from Fort Leavenworth, and 70 miles from the “only operational base for the B-2,” Whiteman Air Force Base.
Cnano USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of C-Nano Technology Co., Ltd., which, in turn, is an entity that China-based Cnano Jiangsu Technology Co., Ltd. (Cnano Jiangsu) establishedin the British Virgin Islands, according to Cnano Jiangsu’s 2022 annual report.
“Cnano Technology USA Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of C-Nano Technology Ltd. established in the U.S.,” Cnano Jiangsu’s 2022 annual report states.
“C-Nano Technology Ltd. is a limited company established in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Company,” Cnano Jiangsu’s 2022 annual report adds, using “The Company” in reference to Cnano Jiangsu.
While Cnano Jiangsu’s 2022 social responsibility report reveals that the firm employs several dozen CCP members, the company’s English website states that it’s also “undertaken a number of national 863” projects, referring to a Chinese government program that the U.S. government has accused of working to steal U.S. technology.
“The number of Party members in the company has reached 28 people,” Cnano Jiangsu’s 2022 social responsibility report states.
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who serves as chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, told the DCNF that such ties are cause for concern.
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