re: China poised to expand influence in the world

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Unlike the United States and Europe, China uses aid, trade, and foreign direct investment strategically to build goodwill, expand its political sway, and secure the natural resources it needs to grow. Belt and Road is the most impressive example of this.

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Wait a second. Unlike the U.S. and Europe?

So, am I to believe that the U.S. has not used “aid, trade and foreign direct investment to strategically build goodwill”? So when the U.S. does it, it’s imperialism, or enriching corporations, or blood for oil, or meddling, or wasting taxpayer money, etc.

This article smacks of propaganda.