I think it's very fair to say that a lot of these investments are made much more for influential purposes or for Chinese state strategic purposes. For instance, there is a U.K. semiconductor company that was sold to a Chinese conglomerate, and part of the agreement was that it would remain in Britain. There's currently a national security fight. Basically the Chinese are seeking to move the entire company out of Britain and, effectively, leave little or no staff in Britain.
It's not just influence, but there's clearly influence targeting. There is also very strategic.... Does this meet China's strategic goal, in this specific case, China 2020 to 2025, and its desire to upgrade semiconductor manufacturing output?
It's also very important to note that for what you referred to as “influence”, there are many examples in the investment world like that as well. Basically they seem to be less about economic and financial returns and much more about state policies.