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Famous Western brands that are now Chinese-owned

China's corporate spending spree
Harvey Nichols: bought for $101.9 million (£53.6m)
Dirt Devil, as part of Royal Appliances Manufacturing Company: bought for $105.5 million (£74.2m)
Hoover USA: bought for $107 million (£54.5m)
MG Rover: bought for $96.1 million (£50m)
Rio Tinto: bought for $12.8 billion (£6.5bn)
Kent & Curwen: bought for $41.45 million (£32.7m)
OZ Minerals: bought for $1.4 billion (£989m)
Volvo: bought for $1.8 billion (£1.3bn)
Club Med: bought for more than $1.1 billion (£803m)
Cerruti: bought for $62.18 million (£49m)
Miss Sixty: bought for an undisclosed amount
AMC Theaters: bought for $2.6 billion (£1.9bn)
Sunseeker: bought for $451 million (£300m)
Addax Petroleum: bought for $8 billion (£5.8bn)
London Taxis International: bought for $15.6 million (£11.4m)
Smithfield Foods: bought for $4.7 billion (£3.4bn)
The Dreyfuss Group: $46.4 million (£33.8m)
Motorola: bought for $2.91 billion (£2.1bn)
Waldorf Astoria New York hotel: bought for $1.95 billion (£1.2bn)
Inter Milan: bought for $294 million (£215m)
Tommee Tippee: bought for $419.2 million (£300m)
SMPC: bought for $1.4 billion (£1bn)
Legendary Entertainment: bought for $3.5 billion (£2.5bn)
GE Appliances: bought for $5.4 billion (£3.9bn)
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China's corporate spending spree

Companies in China have been buying up Western brands for years, whether they're grabbing big names that have fallen on tough times or investing in foreign technology. But some of the businesses in Chinese portfolios might just surprise you...

Read on to discover the famous Western firms that are majority or wholly owned by conglomerates in China. All dollar values in US dollars.

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lovemoney staff

29 February 2024

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