Yeah right, sir, thosoe loans are purely for economic reasons. I lend you money, you pay me interest, you get good infra. Everyone happy. Win-win, right?
Only problem is those loans, unlike any other loans from any other country, come with very "special conditions" and some countries are stupid enough not to read the fine print. Or read between the lines? While some countries are just happy someone is even lending them money -- poor and policially volatile countries.
CCP: "I have a lot of stake on this, so please understand these draconian conditions I am imposing on you."
Conditions like -- Chinese workers will start and finish the project. Makes CCP's Chinese subjects all the more happy (an employed subject is happier than an unemployed one, no?). This also works in the CCP's favor because at the same time it is lining CCP's pockets with more $$$$$$$ flowing back home, it is opening up new markets as their own domestic market slows down.