Isn’t that what the left would call “colonialism”? Didn’t we obtain Indian lands in the 1700s and 1800s by buying them?
The European invaders/settlers in NA were not like the Chinese are now.
And the Europeans in those days could have done things a lot better.
History had plenty of mistakes, lies and butchery, and it’s a shame that China is carrying on by taking over resources of all kinds, all over the world.