Except if you want no transparency and want to be bullied around.
None of china's neighbors even trust them, I sure of hell wouldn't ( perhaps Vietnam, who gets a lot of china's sanctioned businesses).
Note : I'm Belgian, not American.
Here is a good list involving dozens of countries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in...
PS. Regime changes isn't what I'm saying, you're changing the subject.
Which countries are bullied now? Not 80 years ago. All neighboors of China NOW are being bullied.
I'm from Belgium and there's also something to say about something similar in our history, because of 1 king we had...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_r...
Nothing really changed in the last 50 years. 8 years ago, it improved a bit.
In recent news ( last 30 days). China bullied Taiwan with missiles ( again), Philippines, all post USSR countries, international waters, Japan, ...
Even today ( Soloman Islands) - https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/solomon-islands-050...
Yeah, that's definitely the same...
Worse than being in the crosshairs of China as a country is actually being it's friend:
- North Korea
- Russia ( since it's friends without limits statement)
- Pakistan ( referenced as top of the one road one belt) => debts...
- ... ( Also debts)
US forced china's neighbors to the US because US bullied them. Sure.
Believe what your want.