Genuine question so please don’t hate on me. It seems to me that china now is more of a mixed market than a planned economy. Billionaires and class disparities definitely still exist in China and it seems like american communists almost romanticize china while ignoring obvious flaws in its system, only because they (rightfully) hate america and america hates China. China also supplies all of the world’s exploitative corporations with the vast majority of their goods. While China is probably better than the capitalist economies of the west, I don’t understand why a lot of people seem to hold it in the same regard as the USSR.
I support them overall because, despite their flaws, they are a country run by a communist party, and plainly do more than their real-world peers to both serve the needs of their citizens, and to hold their rich accountable to their laws and collective best interest.
On a personal level, I need something good I can think of to cope with the world and my own country's decline, and China (not to forget Latin America!) does that for me.