shaunlgs

People had been attributing causes to the downfall of China.

"He is best known for his book The Coming Collapse of China (2001), in which he argued that the hidden nonperforming loans of the "Big Four" Chinese State banks would likely bring down China's financial system and its communist government and China would collapse in 2006, 2011, 2012, 2016, & 2017. Critics say that Chang has destroyed his own credibility by making wrong predictions repeatedly."[0]

Here, Gordon Chang predicted that demographics will be the downfall of China.[1]

Does anyone want to add other causes to the downfall of China?

Being an author trying to make some money off people's wishful thinking is not a bad idea though.