In the PRC, the working class uses the state to keep the capitalists in check

The state used the police to crush the working class when they demanded the money from the banks that invested it in a runaway housing scam.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/china-violent-clashes-at-protest-over-frozen-rural-bank-accounts

You are believing in a fantasy. There are countless countries around the world that are arguably more socialist than China without even calling themselves such. Quite frankly, I trust actions and numbers more than words.