Chairman Mao made a lot of drastic decisions. There's really nothing in the Chinese government system to prevent that from happening again.
No one is seriously claiming that Xi is crazy. However, even perfectly sane and intelligent people tend to make poor decisions when they're fed inaccurate information.
The demographic collapse due to the one child policy is literally happening right now. Their population is aging faster than most of the rest of the world, although their neighbors in East Asia have similar patterns.
That was more than 40 years ago, and he was the first leader of the party after a revolution. A lot has happened since then, so it's ridiculous to use that to predict current events. This is worse than astrology.
Apparently you haven't been paying attention to recent events. Xi has spent the last several years consolidating power. There are no longer multiple competing cliques within the CCP. He now has a level of personal control not seen since Mao. So, we shouldn't be surprised if similar patterns repeat.
For one example, Xi's pointless and counterproductive measures to contain COVID-19 are certainly reminiscent of Mao's four pests campaign. History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
No one is seriously claiming that Xi is crazy. However, even perfectly sane and intelligent people tend to make poor decisions when they're fed inaccurate information.
The demographic collapse due to the one child policy is literally happening right now. Their population is aging faster than most of the rest of the world, although their neighbors in East Asia have similar patterns.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/05/key-facts...