>>509108706The US spent the last 25 years getting wrecked in the middle east
The Chinks spent the last 25 years mastering "infrastructure for resources" diplomacy
>b-but muh debt-trapThe stopped doing that over 10-15 years ago when they realised it was more valuable to not screw over the host nation. Now they operate on deals where they loose in the short term(10-20 years) but win in the long term(50+ years).