China's Authoritarianism Will Ensure It Won't Rise Any Further as a World Superpower

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That is the crux of the message from this essay originally written in Foreign Affairs, and reposted in Majalla, a Saudi-owned magazine:

Without Democracy, China Will Rise No Farther
Beijing Can’t Compete With Washington Until It Reckons With Its People

I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts. 

Very "end of history" vibe to it, very foolish. It's not as almighty as some think, but this is very flawed. In some ways, the US fails or will fail to compete with China.