Chinese-owned GNC stores operating on US military bases spark national security concerns

Sen.KevinCramer,R-N.D.,onChinesecompanybuyingfarmlandnearU.S.AirForcebase. WhilemuchofCongressfocusesonbanningChinafrombuyinglandnearU.S.militarybases,freshmanRep.PatHarrigan,R-N.C.,saystheChineseCommunistPartyalreadyhasadirectpresenceonthoseinstallations–throughnationalnutritionchainGNC. AbillreleasedbyHarriganthisweek,theMilitaryInstallationRetailSecurityActof2025,wouldbananycompaniesofChinese,NorthKorean,IranianorRussianownershipfromoperatingonmilitarybases.  “ThisisactuallyasituationwheretheCCPisoperatingonourmilitarybases.It’sevencrazier[thanforeignlandpurchases],”HarrigantoldFoxNewsDigital.  InJune2020,vitaminretailerGNCfiledforbankruptcyandwaswhollyacquiredbyHarbinPharmaceuticals,apartiallystate-ownedenterpriseinChina.Harbinhadpreviouslyacquireda40%stakeinGNCin2018. ‘MIND-BOGGLING’:SPACEFORCECHIEFFIRESOFFDIREWARNINGABOUTCHINESECAPABILITYTOKNOCKOUTUSSATELLITES Rep.PatHarrigan