2. The Dongfeng Motor Group's acquiring a 50 percent stake in France's Peugeot SA Group, in 2014.

Value: $2.2 billion

Philippe Varin (2nd R), then CEO of French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, shakes hands with Xu Ping (2nd L), chairman of Dongfeng Motor Group Company, as French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici (R) and Robert Peugeot (L), director of the board of French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, attend a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris in this March 26, 2014. French President Francois Hollande (R Rear) and China's President Xi Jinping (L Rear) attended the ceremony. [Photo / Agencies]