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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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29 February 2024

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