> The US did exactly the same, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan. The Marshall Plan was about rebuild

> The US did exactly the same, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan. The Marshall Plan was about rebuilding a bombed-out and destroyed Europe, and it actually did that. The countries that received aid needed it desperately, didn't end up trapped by debt, and afterward entered a period of high growth and prosperity. Except in the most superficial ways, it's not really comparable to the Belt and Road initiative.