China's U.S. shopping spree

Notable recent U.S. acquisitions by Chinese companies

March 2016: AMC Entertainment, which itself had been purchased by China's Dalian Wanda Group in 2012, buys Carmike Cinemas, the fourth-largest U.S. theater chain, for $1.1 billion

Jan. 2016: Dalian Wanda Group buys Burbank production company...