I assume you mean casualties? In that case outright deaths would be approximately a third of that.

Sure, that’s certainly a valid point. But at the very least it shows that they don’t expect the sanctions to stop anytime soon. Of course that doesn’t necessarily mean that a war with Taiwan is coming.

Country builds up industry to not rely on opposing country in preparation for war.

Maybe we should be slightly concerned about that? IMHO it shows that Chinas ambition for Taiwan are quite serious.