Read the book "Bully of Asia". The short answer: Yes.
We are on a trajectory of war with China, because there can only be one world hegemon. And China won't co-exist in a "democratic world" where each people vote in who they want.
They have a many millennia-long history of authoritarianism and state-worship. The powerful, totalitarian State is like a big daddy to them, and they love kowtowing to it.