Depends on how you define significantly better, I guess.<p>China gets access to their resources, loots them for pennies on the dollar, and has a big pool of cheap labor to do the work for them.<p>The education angle at least has the possibility of providing the future generations with tools to question their overlords behaviors. Not saying the result is gonna be that great, given the corruption both within African politics and Western politics.<p>How about this: China is just being less hand-wavey about what it wants... resources, cheap labor, and hey you also get to pay us back for helping to plunder your lands and people... and leaving the feel goods about &quot;education&quot; out of the conversation altogether.<p>The measurables look good on paper, but will leave future generations wondering what the fuck was going on.