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Chinese Company Bringing Jobs to the Old Dominion

The McAuliffe administration has somehow beat every other state in the nation by inking what it says is the largest Chinese greenfield economic development project within the U.S. The deal with a leading Chinese pulp and paper company will result in a two-billion dollar investment, two-thousand new jobs, and millions more in agricultural revenue. 

Tommie McNeil is a State Capitol reporter who has been covering Virginia and Virginia politics for more than a decade. He originally hails from Maryland, and also doubles as the evening anchor for 1140 WRVA in Richmond.