You're conflating the word "communist/communism" with "fascism/totalitarianism." China is a fascist/totalitarian state (meaning they run their country like a prison--you have no freedom of speech, no right to due process, no right to privacy, etc), but they abandoned communism a long time ago.
You're conflating the word "communist/communism" with "fascism/totalitarianism." China is a fascist/totalitarian state (meaning they run their country like a prison--you have no freedom of speech, no right to due process, no right to privacy, etc), but they abandoned communism a long time ago.