The perception that China can be used is only beneficial to China, because it opens the door for them. The reality is that China is, and always will be, the one doing the using. That anyone thinks and/or suggests otherwise is either a sign of woeful ignorance or intentional obfuscation on China's behalf.

Letting China into Europe is like letting mice into your house. They may look friendly and harmless when you seem them in the open, but you don't realize the destruction they're causing just out of sight behind the walls until your house starts having serious problems, at which point it's far too late.

You want a preview of Europe's future with China? Take a long, hard look at how Africa is getting fucked over by China right now. But make the blacks whites instead, and the infrastructure not as bombed out and depleted.