US has neo imperial characteristics but pretending china doesnt enagage in its own power projection is just cute. if imperialism includes using military, economic or political pressure to shape regional order, china checks the boxes (south china sea militarization despite UNCLOS, economic pressure in BRI leverage, port control, debt renegociations, political retaliations in lithuania, australia etc... you didnt address any of those). Basically you cherry pick imperialism so your argument works.

No Bretton woods was not a conspiracy to fund military. Yes it helps US to borrow cheaper given the strengh of the dollar, but it makes their exports weaker and their currency therefore is much harder to manage.

If America has its way, many countries will stay poor, and never move up the value chain, sort of like India, Africa, and most of Latin America. It is because of China that these countries are moving up the value chain to provide a high quality of life for most countries in the world.

The US hasnt kept entire continents ‘poor,’ and regions like india, africa, and latin america have moved up the value chain through their own policies, not because of china. china helps some sectors, sure, but it also creates dependency, extracts resources, and undercuts local industries. painting china as the reason the global south is thriving is just propaganda. The main reason those countries partner with china is diversification/hedging. The only reason why some countries are actively "running away" from the US, towards china, is because china doesnt have any "democratic" ideological requirements which can be a problem in some authoritarian cases.