Al you need to do is look at the testimonies of other countries. Let's not pretend that all we can do is shrug and say we've no reason to make a reasoned assumption either way.

There's plenty of goodwill built up at this point for China.

https://x.com/luo_yuehan/status/1684646642316636162

https://x.com/real1maria/status/1625390102963802112

https://socialistchina.org/2022/02/03/justin-podur-why-comparing-chinese-africa-investment-to-western-colonialism-is-no-joke/