Chinese overseas 'development' projects reveal the Chinese as clever and ruthless, If you ever see a Chinese overseas project in a third world country you will see Chinese management, and Chinese labour, extracting a poor country's resources for Chinese benefit while jobless locals stand outside the fence looking in.  Minimal payment for maximum Chinese benefit.  The Japanese on the other hand at least employ local labour and often do foreign aid projects principally for a vote in favor of permitting Japan to continue to strip the oceans of whales.  Still not so nice, but at least the locals earn decent money and do the work.