Like the Chinese “appreciated” us defeating the Japs?
China was taken over by the Communists. Communists are
natural enemies of Capitalist Free Enterprise nations.
While China has embraced Capitalism because Communism
can’t sustain a nation long term, it is still a
Democracy, one that keeps it’s thumb on its citizens
in order to maintain order.
If the old leadership had remained in place, I think
there is good reason to believe it would have been
favorable to the United States.