Yes, the West has a long history of basket making, including the 1940s, when they bombed the bejesus out of Germany and Japan, and later on completed the work with "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" and look where those poor countries are now.
Afghanistan and other places were paradises on earth before intervention and will be so once again when interventions stop.
Meanwhile China didn’t go into Korea or clash with Vietnam, and is definitely not extending its influence into muzzling free speech in Australia or the NBA.
Once it takes over the world, the next near neighbours will only be in space and then it’s the aliens not us who have to worry.