do. imagine an american company tried to buy land near a chinese military facility in the western part of china. how well do you think that transaction would go. it wouldn t go well because it would put the chinese communist party at risk and they are not going to let that happen. we can t let that happen here either. john: some asian-american advocacy groups claim the effort to keep china out of the real estate business, out of the seed business, is going from a national security issue into anti-asian discrimination. what the chinese embassy said. commercial interactions benefit both sides. to politicize trade and investment is at odds with market economy principles and undercuts people in the u.s. market. and may fuel asian hatred in the u.s. and racial discrimination, thus running counter to american values. you would not expect the communist party to say much