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WASHINGTON — When a Chinese tycoon with close ties to the ruling Communist Party scooped up a vast chunk of South Texas to build a wind farm, the Legislature swooped in and blocked his plans. For added measure, Texas lawmakers also barred anyone associated with “hostile nations” — China, Iran, North Korea and Russia — from control of any part of the state’s electric grid or other critical infrastructure. Two years later, Texas lawmakers want to go further, blocking those countries from buying land — especially farm land — though the amount of land that foursome owns nationwide is already...