Sentence Correction

Hi all,

I have a question about the below SC that I could't understand the explanation:

When I look at the split, I eliminated A and D because I thought with the word that, the following will be an essential modifier, such as the cat that lives next door is very noisy but the explanation said B& C are wrong because (B) In this version of the sentence, "just as..." illogically connects the first two clauses, rather than the last two. In other words, this wording suggests a comparison between the analysts' act of predicting and the growth of democracy -- an illogical comparison.

Anyone has another explanation to target this question, I am not quite following because I thought the " that" is not necessary in the first place. Thank you.

Q: Many analysts have predicted that, just as the growth of democracy has generally followed industrial development in other nations, democratic institutions will soon flourish in China.

A. predicted that, just as the growth of democracy has generally followed industrial development in other nations, democratic institutions will soon flourish
B. predicted, just as democracy has generally grown following other nations' industrial development, that democratic institutions will soon flourish
C. predicted, just as the growth of democracy generally following industrial development in other nations, that democratic institutions will soon be flourishing
D. predicted that, just as democracy has generally grown after other nations' industrial development, that democratic institutions will soon be flourishing
E. been predicting that, just as the general growth of democracy following other nations' industrial development, democratic institutions will soon flourish
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