Russia also had massive growth numbers when they were catching up to the west, however at some point the authoritarianism starts to sabotage it.

China has a huge population and is destined to have a huge economy, however they are still playing catch up with the west.

GDP/capita US: 65k usd

GDP/capita Russia: 11.2k usd

GDP/capita China: 9.7k usd

It remains to be seen to what extent China will be able to restrain it's party cadre from sabotaging growth in the next decade