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In a conventional war the asymmetry in troop strength between China and its adversaries will make up for a lot of weaknesses.

They can't deploy those troops in any large numbers outside of mainland China. Maybe they could to South Korea since they could use the rail system, but even that is fraught with danger since they would be tied to the rails. That, and they have no reason to go to war with SK, since they are important trading partners and China's #1 concern is not having NK refugees fleeing into China.

Remember, China recently announced the use of cruise ships as troop transports. Given how easily troop transports are to sink, and how cruise ships are even easier (the Germans did it a lot with incredibly crude weapons by our standards), it's pretty clear that China has no serious plans on projecting troop power. I can't even imagine what a cruise ship heavily loaded with Chinese soldiers would look like to an American sub.