The difference is China is an adversary, not an ally like the UK,and China already bans our social media there.
As for the rest, what is the relevance?
US money influences our politics through shadowy think tanks and pushes it to the right. US-owned water utilities take on loans, use them to pay dividends and drive themselves into bankruptcy.
Being a US ally doesn’t buy us better treatment from US billionaires, they are still predatory vultures.
Let's see how long that lasts.