Regards, dear friend and brother, Piotr.
I think we are addressing an issue that encompasses an old internal conflict. These are territorial claims, in my opinion very similar to many we can find around the globe. Venezuela has a territory in claim for 100 years, I mean some extensions of territory that represent 70% of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
On the continental shelf of South America we can find the case of the Malvinas Islands.
Now, we are talking about China, the Oriental Giant. This approach that you propose allows us to think that a conquest of this magnitude would give China more power in terms of its "desire" for expansion. This makes perfect sense.
The conquest of China over the western world is not at the territorial level, initially. They act like aliens, attacking first the economies of weak countries. Offering capital, making investments. After this is the fact of sending many of its citizens (sometimes illegally) to these countries to develop economic activity.
Taking over the main companies and then moving on to their natural resources would be like the final blow.
I think that's how China acts.