How a Small American Town Successfully Resisted Infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party

Gotion High-Tech Energy Co., Ltd., with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), based in Hefei, China, has temporarily halted its permit application and environmental studies for building a factory near the Michigan National Guard base in the face of strong opposition. The corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Gotion Inc., in the United States, made this decision after facing a breach of contract lawsuit from Green Charter Township.

This issue dates back to October 2022 when Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, announced plans to construct two large production facilities and other related facilities covering 260 acres in Green Charter Township in the northwestern part of Michigan.

In August 2023, Gotion Inc. secured approval to build a factory in Green Township to produce electric vehicle battery components. However, this project sparked controversy among locals, who expressed concerns about Gotion’s relationship with the CCP and called on Governor Whitmer to cancel the project.

Local residents organized a recall effort and succeeded in early November 2023, leading to the ousting of all township board members. After Green Township Supervisor Jason Kruse and new board members representing the public took office, they immediately nullified the development agreement signed with Gotion Inc. in October.

Subsequently, Gotion filed a lawsuit citing breach of contract.

The residents’ defense of their community received support from congressional members.

Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP and Republican Congressman from Michigan, John Moolenaar, stated in a press release, “Residents of Mecosta County have repeatedly made it clear that they do not support Gotion operating in their community. The company has misled the public about its close ties with the CCP and refused to listen to election results, instead opting to sue the unwelcoming small town.”

Moolenaar emphasized, “Gotion’s decision to suspend the application process is good news, but it should listen to the people of Mecosta County and completely terminate its plans in Michigan.”

“Over the past two years, the residents of Green Township, a small town with only 3,200 people, have united to defend American interests, preventing Gotion from forcefully entering their community. Citizens opposing this CCP-affiliated company attended committee meetings to voice their concerns and mobilized grassroots actions to urge neighbors to resist Gotion,” Moolenaar commended.

The statement pointed out that, in federal documents, Gotion admitted to being “fully owned and controlled by its parent company, Gotion High-Tech.”

In a recent amendment, the company acknowledged receiving subsidies from the CCP government. Gotion High-Tech employed hundreds of CCP members and held so-called “education activities” where employees pledged allegiance to the CCP.

Furthermore, the House Select Committee on the CCP found that Gotion’s supply chain relied on forced labor as part of the CCP’s ongoing genocide against the Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.

According to the Daily Caller News Foundation, co-organizer of the “No Gotion” movement in Big Rapids City, Michigan, Dr. Ormand Hook stated, “People who want a free life have led to our victory. We cherish freedom and are unwilling to hand it over to America’s biggest geopolitical adversary, it’s that simple. We don’t have a script, we can only seize every opportunity to strike back, find weaknesses, and make the best use of them. Our biggest goal is to replace those deceitful elected officials, and in this aspect, we succeeded.”

Dr. Hook also mentioned that the Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee narrowly voted 10-9 to provide $175 million in taxpayer funds for the Gotion project, despite all Republican members and three Democratic members opposing, triggering more actions from the “No Gotion” movement. He said, “We found most local politicians colluding with the governor and our enemies.”

Another leader of the movement, Lori Brock, stated that this “disastrous project may finally be coming to an end.” She emphasized that residents will continue to oppose until the project completely withdraws from the area and hopes local leaders will learn from this, “Community status should not be altered without the consent of the people and certainly should not support CCP-related projects with American funds.”