The Chinese will "loan" anyone money. I was in tiny Dominica in the Caribbean. The Chinese built a cricket stadium for the Dominicans (population 72,000 ) at the cost of 20 millions dollars . What could the Chinese expect to gain in trade or imports from a tiny , rainy caribbean Island ?
I can understand to get some soybeans from Argentina , but guava's or mango's ????
That's because China's world-wide spending spree is more than just racking up trade agreements. 20 million dollars is cheap for a PR/marketing campaign. It's like being the rich guy who pays people to be his friends.
Here's a link to a comedy routine I watched a few days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek6uI3P9aws
Here is one of the hilarious jokes:
"I wish to assure our African friends in all seriousness that China will never pursue a colonialist path like some countries did or allow colonialmism, which belonged to the past, to reappear in China."
Basically, if you watch the video, you can just insert Argentina, South America, whatever and it will still be the same result.
EDIT: Just a side note, did you know that if you watch RT, the BBC, Al Jazeera, and any US news outlet in one day, you can actually feel your skull being drawn and quartered?