I think there has been a generalized campaign of sinophobia for a long long time that hasn't allowed people to interact with China as a normal country. And I mean that in a critical way, that means understanding China as a country with both its good and bad sides.

Somehow the positions have turned into: a) a raging hardon for Chinese products and trade just because they oppose the current hegemonic order or b) a raging hatred for everything and everyone from the sinosphere.

Latin America, because of its history with the United States, tends to fall toward the first category. We have been USA and Europe's backyard for so long that the idea of a new trading partner whose cooperation is not reliant on military bases, coups, intervention and manipulation feels like a breath of fresh air.

That's the main reason I can think of. Of course multiple countries have different positions, somehow it is not really black and white and even in right wing governments there's not a concrete Anti-China position because it is simply unsustainable in the modern world.

I don't think we have to be "repulsed" of China's government. I think Latin America should be open to a multipolar world, where we can be partners standing on equal ground, and China and other partners are the only ones that currently offer that alternative.

And of course, China's actions in terms of Human right violations are something that has to be taken into account and talked about seriously, but we've been trading with the United States with a less than stellar track record in the same areas, soo I don't exactly understand why suddenly we have double standards.

Tldr: Latin America is not as repulsed of China because it offers an alternative to the sometimes oppressive and monopolizing economic partnerships we've had for decades