Let's forget about Africa/Latin America for a moment. The comparison always ignore 2 differences about the relations:
1.China build roads, buildings not only for living but also whole industrial parks that create jobs in Africa which local population can also benefit later on while the US seldom do the same thing at least with compatible scale. I'm not saying China is unselfishly helping Africans but it's more kind of long term selfish behavior that cultivate local stability and prosperity.
2.China don't set up values promotion preconditions for financial aids to Africa countries while US/Western countries often have a "universal values" promotion agenda combined with financial aids, maybe with good intention.
Western MSM almost always omit these 2 differences when making comparisons trying to sell their own belief that the relations are similar.
1.China build roads, buildings not only for living but also whole industrial parks that create jobs in Africa which local population can also benefit later on while the US seldom do the same thing at least with compatible scale. I'm not saying China is unselfishly helping Africans but it's more kind of long term selfish behavior that cultivate local stability and prosperity.
2.China don't set up values promotion preconditions for financial aids to Africa countries while US/Western countries often have a "universal values" promotion agenda combined with financial aids, maybe with good intention.
Western MSM almost always omit these 2 differences when making comparisons trying to sell their own belief that the relations are similar.