How would this work for them? Is it easier if you are a big Chinese investor to buy stock in a small American company than to purchase it in a F500?
1. Make a really bad investment in an overvalued small company.
2. Company passes some portion of the money back to you in a way that the government doesn't know about.
3. Company goes bankrupt.
4. The party knocks on your door and asks you where all your money went and you point to a failed foreign investment.