Kansas lawmakers advance crackdown on Chinese land buys, economic activity

• Proposals aimed at curbing Chinese entities' economic influence, including their ability to own farmland and business property, have cleared the Kansas House of Representatives. • The legislation also targets other "countries of concern": Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela. • Other bills limit state investments in foreign companies and restrict usage of foreign-made drones. Republican legislators in Kansas advanced proposals Wednesday aimed at preventing individuals and companies from China and other U.S. adversaries from owning farmland or business property, limiting state investments in foreign companies and restricting the use...