They will want to invade a few Asia countries and place eyes on the Middle Eastern oil reserves to they could control all oil prices. They will attack rather than go down the drain. You can bet your last ruble that they have their eyes squarely on the USA and are planning their attacks and invasion plans. They have 60-70 million fresh young Chinese men ready to die for the flag!! They can lose that many and still have a billion to fight on. We don’t have that many, especially those that WOULD FIGHT to preserve the Republic. The major lovers of this Republic are nearly at, or actually retired. We don’t have the young people who would go into combat to preserve the country. Most of these kids cannot get their faces on their phones long enough to look down the sight of a rifle!!!
You overestimate Chinese youth.
Here’s a video on the phenomenon of “Laying Flat” that you might appreciate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWl7njLlXLU
They won't invade the American continent.
They might respond to "requests for assistance" from California to control Mexican cartels after a civil war breaks down the United States government. The Chinese have a lot of investment money tied up on the West coast. And they will want to "protect Chinese citizens" who are residents of those areas.
The local politicians will invite the Chinese military for "joint training exercises". The Anglos still left in power will need the Chinese to save their own hides from the Mexicans. The remaining Federal government will be too busy with other problems to be of any help.
US Military forces will be unavailable, unreliable, ineffective, and mostly deployed to quell domestic insurrections on the east coast and in the south. They won't be allowed to or even capable of suppressing the cartels anywhere.
The Chinese deals with the Mexican cartels to supply them with unlimited quantities of fentanyl will need to be revised a bit.
Unfortunately, you are fundamentally right.
The Chinese communist nomenclature have zero morality concerning the value of human life. They don’t believe in the concept God either. Chinese citizens are just tools to use. The countdown to take Taiwan has already started.
However, if Russia fails in Ukraine, that could seriously hamper Chinas will to invade...