I was thinking of the history of Western colonialism, and not only China vs. US. in the present, but beginning with the Iberian empire conquest of the Americas in the 16th Century, as the consolidation of the first world system, and Europe as center of power.
I mean that unlike European modernization, which was premised on the extermination of indigenous populations, mass enslavement, export slave trade from Africa, outsourcing of peripheral wealth to the center, and subsequent military interventions around the globe, China has been relatively contained and not shown expansionist interests through military means, with important exceptions.
The example of how they approached the hunt for oil consessions in Africa provides a good template, or their recent venture in Latin America (Peru's Chancay port concession by COSCO, for instance), in contrast to the way the U.S. has traditionally carried out their politics in the region (send troops, overthrow regimes, millitarize allied forces, usurp resources).
The crimes you mention are by no means minor, but we are talking adjacent territories, as opposed to a transcontinental imperial venture.
Not defending China, just noting an important difference in the way their growth and modernization process functions.
