The way that China exercises its imperialism is unlike the West. The West has shrinking populations and cannot colonize with settlers. They set up resource ex

The way that China exercises its imperialism is unlike the West. The West has shrinking populations and cannot colonize with settlers. They set up resource extraction puppet governments. The Chinese have a growing population and can easily move large numbers of politically loyal Han into areas they wish to control. Expect more of this in the future in Africa and elsewhere.