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Nongfu, China's largest beverage company, bought an industrial site in Nashua, New Hampshire, next to the Pennichuck water system, raising concerns about China's influence. Locals are suspicious because Nongfu paid $67 million for the site, over four times its assessed value of $15 million. The 337,000-square-foot building sits on 23 acres near the Nashua Airport, defense contractors, and an FAA control center.
Lily Tang Williams, a congressional candidate who fled Chinese communism, warns of a Chinese "soft power invasion" using business, education, and media to expand influence without firing a shot.
Near the Nongfu site, Daniel Webster College, an abandoned 50-acre campus, was purchased by a Chinese investor seven years ago for $14 million. The mayor of Nashua says the Chinese investor bought the college campus for double what it was worth. He finds it strange that Nongfu paid four times the appraised value, but claims he has no national security concerns.