How is China socialist then?
market economy
socialism is about ownership, not about economic model. so socialism can use market economy and does not have to use planned economy. the planned economy serves to make socialism better. capitalism can also use planned economy. an example is werner sombart's idea.
and china does not use regular market economy. China uses planned market economy.
no soviets
socialism does not have to use soviet democracy. but by using soviet democracy, socialism can remain.