China’s all about maximizing profits always...Africa affords them natural resource abundance for very low-skilled labor to mine these along with weak or unstable governments so it can sustain control over it’s projects.
Plus they love loaning to 3rd world countries who cannot pay back....thus China ends up with ownership of the projects...be it ports, roads whatever.
Rather like the IMF who creates debtor nations....only they choose who runs those countries to a large part....China just wants ownership....until they’re ready to take over.
Let China have it. They have the balls to control the people and I’m OK with that so long as they keep them there. China will need new frontiers when their motherland gets too polluted. Imagine sitting down to a meal of General Tso’s Gazelle or Kung Pao Rhino. With Spring Bok Spring Roles.