China has done business in every corner of the world than with US and more countries trade with China than with US. Any country that doesn't trade with China is just isolating itself from the world. If you take a look at the economy of EU and US and compare it to China, you can see which one has the advantage. And this is why African countries are relying more on China's business and the Belt and Road.
It's not working because even the Russian economy is growing which is far more isolated than China. So convincing the world to decouple with China is impossible.
Yes people believe in extremes.
The amount per ton is less important than the actual number of countries you trade with over the years. If you trade with 100 countries for 30 years you will have more trade connections than a country with 5 years doubling your numbers:
https://imgur.com/a/tcuRuU9https://se544.com/en/trade-marketing.html in case the image gets lost.