I see what you're saying.
However, you also need to take into consideration that China has a HUGE population of single men who will never, ever be married thanks to their one-child policy where Chinese would kill baby girls and keep baby boys.
Thanks to this, China has a great amount of cannon fodder they can deploy to any spot on the globe - not caring if they live or die.
However, you also need to take into consideration that China has a HUGE population of single men who will never, ever be married thanks to their one-child policy...
When they see their once growing economy degrading the CCP is at more danger from those spoiled young men than we are.
They have the troops, true. But not the deployment capability.