Sure; I saw more empty shopping malls in Malaysia than anywhere else. Chinese built and just waiting.
But there are massive road projects in Costa Rica complete with Chinese heavy machines and marked lumber. Same in South Africa and I watched Chinese contractors doing surveying in Eswatini.
Apparently in Costa Rica at least; these workers are there for year or two contracts, then are given citizenship and their families brought over, they live in gov housing camps that look like prisons and should have saved enough money in their time to open a store or start a business.
It’s not JUST owning infrastructure. It’s a long term agreement these countries are making with China.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in...