Florida Governor DeSantis Targets Chinese Influence with Legislation on Real Estate, TikTok

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Florida Governor and likely presidential candidate Ron DeSantis signed multiple bills Monday aimed at curbing Beijing’s growing sway — restricting real estate purchases in the southern US state by Chinese nationals and tightening access to video-sharing app TikTok. The measures were part of a package of legislation that also outlaws the storage of sensitive data on servers linked to the regime of President Xi Jinping and takes aim at Chinese influence in public education. “Florida is taking action to stand against the United States’ greatest geopolitical threat — the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)," said DeSantis, who is weighing a run...