Opinion: Illinois’ deal with a Chinese EV battery maker puts us at risk for espionage – Crain’s*

Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Cella: "When taxpayers, citizen activists, state legislators, and members of Congress ask basic unasked questions on the hardest matters involving Gotion and the national security threat it presents, Gotion and its advocates set out to crush local opposition. We have seen it all in Michigan — media coverage, mocking, spin, pushback and shrill charges such as “xenophobia” and “racism." This textbook disinformation is what happens when state and local governments become intertwined with a PRC-based and CCP-tied company."