> Back in the 1980s, the big fear was that Japan was buying up America. At the start of the third decade of the 21st century, the fear is that China is buying up America, a threat much more potent than Japan ever was. Unlike Japan, which expanded by building a better mousetrap, China's reach is predicated upon Marxist expansionism, military and private-sector espionage, corrupt business practices, slave labor, and a large military.

> Investing.com assembled a list of 76 American brands that China owns in whole or in part. (There are also companies that Hong Kong owns, but China's aggressive inroads in Hong Kong make that something of a distinction without a difference.) Here are some of the more surprising entries in that list:

> AMC Theaters, which is the largest movie chain in the world, started life in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1920, as American Multi-Cinema. From 2012 to 2018, though, China's Dalian Wanda Group, which operates out of Beijing, was the majority stakeholder.>> Back in the 1980s, the big fear was that Japan was buying up America. At the start of the third decade of the 21st century, the fear is that China is buying up America, a threat much more potent than Japan ever was. Unlike Japan, which expanded by building a better mousetrap, China's reach is predicated upon Marxist expansionism, military and private-sector espionage, corrupt business practices, slave labor, and a large military.

> Investing.com assembled a list of 76 American brands that China owns in whole or in part. (There are also companies that Hong Kong owns, but China's aggressive inroads in Hong Kong make that something of a distinction without a difference.) Here are some of the more surprising entries in that list:

> AMC Theaters, which is the largest movie chain in the world, started life in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1920, as American Multi-Cinema. From 2012 to 2018, though, China's Dalian Wanda Group, which operates out of Beijing, was the majority stakeholder.