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...
One thing to keep in mind is that the Communist Chinese soldiers may not be as ready to die as you might think.
There were reports in newspapers about two weeks ago, not retracted that I know of, that the PLA was designing helmets that can explode either locally (soldier ostensibly activates device to avoid being captured) or remotely (you have no choice but to go forward or your helmet blows up)
I didn’t believe the report, but it was covered by the Epoch Times and picked by some major outlets. It sounds outlandish. But they are Communists and have murdered between 60-120 million of their own citizens in the last century (depending on who you listen to) so this isn’t a stretch.
The Chinese Communist party may know something about PLA soldiers that they aren’t telling us. Or it could be bizzare propaganda.
I agree with what you said. Those Chinese men know their chances of having a wife and his two children are slim and none and both of those have left the building.