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by Sangermaine 2921 days ago
All of them. Currently there are severe restrictions on foreign ownership of Chinese ventures, though the restrictions vary by sector and this year some of the restrictions in some sectors have been eased up a little.
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It is not just buying a Chinese company that is forbidden, but foreign companies cannot build a factory for production in China without creating a company that is majority Chinese owned that owns the factory. No possibility for trade secrets. All your tech will be learned and transferred to China.
Yahoo/Oath owned/owns a significant chunk of Alibaba.
Alibaba is traded on the NYSE.