I prefer values to be secondary to development for developing countries. If PRC actually gets powerplants and roads build, then don't be surprised if African real politik chooses Chinese infra over western lectures. And don't be surprised African leaders would PRC surveillance model to reduce ability of US to spread their values via influence ops. Or African leaders look at modern development history and still pick PRC/East Asian model, because at the end of the day, democratic societies are easily hijacked by external factors and terrible at developing. Authoritarianism is the worst development model, except for all others that have been tried.
