Jared Diamond published book called "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" back in 2005 and from his book did mentioned about China and how China's pollution and greed can lead up to sudden collapse of China. So why China not other Asian countries because the phase of speed that China is heading with their aggressive quest for "Big bang" economic growth to level up against to U.S.A have profound weaknesses:
Diamond's book lists twelve environmental problems facing humankind today. The first eight have historically contributed to the collapse of past societies:
1. Deforestation and habitat destruction
2. Soil problems (erosion, salinization, and soil fertility losses)
3. Water management problems
4. Overhunting
5. Overfishing
6. Effects of introduced species on native species
7. Overpopulation
8. Increased per-capita impact of people
9. Anthropogenic climate change
10. Buildup of toxins in the environment
11. Energy shortages
12. Full human use of the Earth’s photosynthetic capacity
