Chinese companies have injected a record high of $40.5 billion in US deals this year, which already double the investment of the whole year of 2015. What are they buying? Here is the answer: 1. Luxury Hotels: Strategic Hotels & Resorts for $6.5 billion; 2. bidding for more luxury hotels such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide; 3. Refrigerators, Dishwashers, and Coffee Machines: appliances business of General Electric for $5.4 billion; 4. Cranes: Terex Corp; 5. The Dark Knight's Hollywood Producer: Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 billion; 6. Software Distributors: Ingram Micro Inc. for $6 billion; 7. A Gay Dating App: Grindr for $93 million; 8. A Stock Exchange: The Chicago Stock Exchange. Bloomberg has the details.